Surgery – Instruments – Electrical application
Reexamination Certificate
2006-10-17
2006-10-17
Peffley, Michael (Department: 3739)
Surgery
Instruments
Electrical application
C600S585000, C604S095040
Reexamination Certificate
active
07122034
ABSTRACT:
A curved ablation catheter imparts ablative energy to target tissue, for example, along a trabecular slope, e.g., in the right atrium along the isthmus between the ostium of the inferior vena cava and the tricuspid valve. The catheter is formed with a preset curvature that, when deployed, both translates linearly and increases in radius to aid in the formation of spot or continuous linear lesions. A method of treating atrial flutter employs the curved ablation catheter.
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Belhe Kedar Ravindra
Cao Hong
Paul Saurav
Roop John Avi
Heimbecher & Assoc. , LLC
Peffley Michael
St. Jude Medical, Atrial Fibrillation Division, Inc.
Toy Alex
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