Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Electrophysiology catheter for mapping and/or ablation
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Application No.: US14143135Application Date: 2013-12-30
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Publication No.: US09750567B2Publication Date: 2017-09-05
- Inventor: Gary S. Falwell , Steven J. Burns , Charles A. Gibson , David MacAdam , Nickolas G. Davis
- Applicant: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
- 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: Faegre Baker Daniels LLP
- Main IPC: A61B18/14
- IPC: A61B18/14 ; A61B18/18 ; A61B18/00

Abstract:
The present invention encompasses apparatus and methods for mapping electrical activity within the heart. The present invention also encompasses methods and apparatus for creating lesions in the heart tissue (ablating) to create a region of necrotic tissue which serves to disable the propagation of errant electrical impulses caused by an arrhythmia.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140107644A1 ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY CATHETER FOR MAPPING AND/OR ABLATION Public/Granted day:2014-04-17
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