Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Magnetically guided catheter
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Application No.: US14268366Application Date: 2014-05-02
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Publication No.: US10039598B2Publication Date: 2018-08-07
- Inventor: Alan de la Rama , Kirk Kochin Wu , Yongxing Zhang
- Applicant: St. Jude Medical, Atrial Fibrillation Division, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US MN St. Paul
- Assignee: ST. JUDE MEDICAL, ATRIAL FIBRILLATION DIVISION, INC.
- Current Assignee: ST. JUDE MEDICAL, ATRIAL FIBRILLATION DIVISION, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US MN St. Paul
- Agency: Armstrong Teasdale LLP
- Main IPC: A61B18/18
- IPC: A61B18/18 ; A61B18/14 ; A61M25/01 ; A61B34/00 ; A61B18/00

Abstract:
A catheter includes a flexible tubing having a proximal end and a distal end. The catheter also includes an electrode assembly attached to the distal end of the flexible tubing and having a first magnet therein. The electrode assembly further includes an electrically conductive tip electrode and an electrically nonconductive coupler which is connected between the tip electrode and the distal end of the flexible tubing. The coupler and the tip electrode are coupled by an interlocking connection. The catheter also includes a second magnet spaced from the electrode assembly along a longitudinal axis of the tubing. The first magnet and the second magnet are responsive to an external magnetic field to selectively position and guide the electrode assembly within a body of a patient.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140343546A1 Magnetically guided catheter Public/Granted day:2014-11-20
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