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US 2020/0205889 A1Published application
Balloon Catheter with Distal End Having a Recessed Shape
OwnerAssaf Govari, Christopher Thomas Beecklerinventors
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Abstract
A characterization system includes an inflatable balloon for insertion into a patient organ and one or more electrodes disposed on the balloon. When the balloon is in an inflated position, a distal end of the balloon has a recessed shape that orients respective regions of the electrodes perpendicularly to a longitudinal axis of the balloon.
Claims22
A catheterization system, comprising:
- an inflatable balloon for insertion into a patient organ;
- and
- one or more electrodes disposed on the balloon,
- wherein, when the balloon is in an inflated position, a distal end of the balloon has a recessed shape that orients respective regions of the electrodes perpendicularly to a longitudinal axis of the balloon.
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A method, comprising:
- in a catheterization system that comprises an inflatable balloon for insertion into a patient organ, and one or more electrodes disposed on the balloon, wherein, when the balloon is in an inflated position, a distal end of the balloon has a recessed shape that orients respective regions of the electrodes perpendicularly to a longitudinal axis of the balloon, inserting the inflatable balloon into the patient organ;
- inflating the balloon to the inflated position for attaching the balloon to tissue of the patient organ;
- and
- ablating the tissue of the patient organ.
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A method for producing a catheterization system, the method comprising:
- producing an inflatable balloon for insertion into a patient organ, wherein, when the balloon is in an inflated position, a distal end of the balloon has a recessed shape;
- and
- disposing one or more electrodes on the balloon, such that the recessed shape orients respective regions of the electrodes perpendicularly to a longitudinal axis of the balloon.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.