Heat transfer through an ablation electrode
OwnerChristopher Thomas BEECKLER, Joseph Thomas KEYES +1inventors
InventorsChristopher Thomas BEECKLER, Joseph Thomas KEYES, Kevin Justin HERRERA
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Abstract
An apparatus includes a flexible electrically-insulating substrate including an inner surface and an outer surface. The substrate is shaped to define multiple channels passing between the inner surface and the outer surface, at least some of the channels being concave channels. The apparatus further includes an outer layer of an electrically-conducting metal covering at least part of the outer surface, an inner layer of the electrically-conducting metal covering at least part of the inner surface, and respective columns of the electrically-conducting metal that fill the channels such as to connect the outer layer to the inner layer.
Claims20
An apparatus, comprising:
- a flexible electrically insulative substrate, comprising:
- an inner surface;
- an outer surface;
- a first plurality of channels extending between the inner surface and the outer surface, each of the first plurality of channels being configured to direct an irrigation fluid therethrough, and
- a second plurality of channels extending between the inner surface and the outer surface, each of the second plurality of channels being concave;
- and
- an electrically-conductive metal, comprising:
- an outer layer at least partially covering the outer surface;
- an inner layer at least partially covering the inner surface;
- and
- a plurality of columns, each of the second plurality of channels being filled with a corresponding one of the plurality of columns to connect the outer layer to the inner layer.
An apparatus, comprising:
- a substrate, comprising:
- an inner surface;
- an outer surface;
- and
- a plurality of channels extending between the inner surface and the outer surface, each of the plurality of channels being concave;
- and
- an electrically-conductive metal, comprising:
- an outer layer at least partially covering at least a part of the outer surface;
- an inner layer at least partially covering at least a part of the inner surface;
- and
- a plurality of columns, each of the plurality of channels being filled with a corresponding one of the plurality of columns to connect the outer layer to the inner layer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.