Balloon expandable multi-electrode rf ablation catheter
AssigneeBoston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
InventorsRAJ SUBRAMANIAM, ZAYA TUN
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Abstract
An intravascular catheter for nerve modulation through the wall of a blood vessel, comprising an shaft having a proximal end and a distal end and a central axis, a balloon disposed on the shaft and having a proximal end, a distal end, an interior surface, and exterior surface, a lumen defined by the interior surface, a plurality of electrodes disposed on the balloon, and a plurality of elastomeric members disposed between the plurality of electrodes and the balloon and extending between the proximal end of the balloon and the distal end of the balloon.
Claims20
An intravascular catheter for nerve modulation through the wall of a blood vessel, comprising:
- an shaft having a proximal end and a distal end and a central axis;
- a balloon disposed on the shaft and having a proximal end, a distal end, an interior surface, and exterior surface, a lumen defined by the interior surface;
- a first electrode disposed on the balloon;
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- a first elongate elastomeric member disposed between the first electrode and the balloon.
An intravascular catheter for nerve modulation through the wall of a blood vessel, comprising:
- an shaft having a proximal end and a distal end and a central axis;
- a balloon disposed on the shaft and having a proximal end, a distal end, an interior surface, and exterior surface, a lumen defined by the interior surface;
- a plurality of electrodes disposed on the balloon;
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- a plurality of elastomeric members disposed between the plurality of electrodes and the balloon and extending between the proximal end of the balloon and the distal end of the balloon.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.