Ablation catheter having electronic device disposed within a lumen
AssigneeSt. Jude Medical, Atrial Fibrillation Division, Inc.
InventorsRon Phan Nguyen, Terry Sterrett, Kevin Herrera
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates generally to catheter devices, including irrigated and non-irrigated ablation catheters. More specifically, this disclosure relates to irrigated ablation catheters including an irrigation lumen having at least one electronic device at least partially disposed therein. In many embodiments, the irrigation lumen further includes at least one sideport. In some embodiments, the electronic device has a distal end extending out of the irrigation lumen and into an electrode tip assembly. In some embodiments, a proximal end of the electronic device extends through the sideport in the irrigation lumen.
Claims20
An irrigated ablation catheter comprising:
- an electrode tip assembly;
- an irrigation lumen having a distal end and a proximal end;
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- an electronic device having a distal end and a proximal end and being disposed at least partially within the irrigation lumen.
An irrigation lumen for an ablation catheter, the irrigation lumen comprising:
- a tubular structure having a distal end, a proximal end, and a sideport;
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- an electronic device having a distal end and a proximal end and being disposed at least partially within the tubular structure, wherein the distal end of the electronic device extends past the distal end of the tubular structure, and wherein the proximal end of the electronic device extends through the sideport of the tubular structure.
A method of manufacturing an irrigated ablation catheter, the method comprising:
- introducing a sideport into an irrigation lumen, the irrigation lumen having a distal end and a proximal end;
- introducing an electronic device having a distal end and a proximal end into the irrigation lumen, wherein the distal end of the electronic device extends through the distal end of the irrigation lumen and wherein the proximal end of the electronic device extends through the sideport in the irrigation lumen;
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- introducing the distal end of the irrigation lumen into an electrode tip assembly and connecting the irrigation lumen to the electrode tip assembly such that the distal end of the electronic device is positioned within the electrode tip assembly.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.