Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Electrical mapping and cryo ablating with a balloon catheter
- Patent Title (中): 用气球导管进行电图和低温消融
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Application No.: US12127287Application Date: 2008-05-27
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Publication No.: US08128617B2Publication Date: 2012-03-06
- Inventor: Bob Bencini , Frank Ingle , Joe Koblish , Rebecca Tin , Jim Mazzone , Byron Chun , David Lawrence
- Applicant: Bob Bencini , Frank Ingle , Joe Koblish , Rebecca Tin , Jim Mazzone , Byron Chun , David Lawrence
- Applicant Address: US MN Maple Grove
- Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US MN Maple Grove
- Agency: Seager, Tufte & Wickhem, LLC
- Main IPC: A61B18/02
- IPC: A61B18/02

Abstract:
In some implementations, a method of ablating body tissue includes (a) locating an inflatable balloon portion of a cryotherapy balloon catheter at a treatment site internal to a patient's body, and inflating the inflatable balloon portion; (b) employing electrodes that are disposed on an expandable surface of the inflatable balloon portion to electrically characterize body tissue at the treatment site; (c) ablating the body tissue by supplying a cryotherapy agent to the inflatable balloon portion to cool the body tissue to a therapeutic temperature; (d) employing the electrodes to determine whether the ablating caused desired electrical changes in the body tissue; and (e) repeating (c) and (d) when it is determined that the ablating did not cause the desired electrical changes.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090299355A1 Electrical mapping and cryo ablating with a balloon catheter Public/Granted day:2009-12-03
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