Tip electrode with multiple temperature sensors
AssigneeCordis Webster, Inc.
InventorsKatherine Klumb, Kristine Fuimaono
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Abstract
A catheter comprises a catheter body, a tip section, and a control handle. The catheter body has proximal and distal ends and at least one lumen extending therethrough. The control handle is located at the proximal end of the catheter body. The tip section has proximal and distal ends and at least one lumen therethrough, with the proximal end of the tip section being fixedly attached to the distal end of the catheter body. A tip electrode is fixedly attached at the distal end of the tip section. The tip electrode has a blind hole extending therethrough. A wire, preferably a puller wire, extends and is fixedly attached into the blind hole of the tip electrode. At least two temperature sensors are fixedly attached along the length of the wire within the blind hole.
Claims27
A catheter comprising:
- a catheter body having proximal and distal ends and at least one lumen extending therethrough;
- a control handle at the proximal end of the catheter body;
- a tip section having proximal and distal ends and at least one lumen therethrough, the proximal end of the tip section being fixedly attached to the distal end of the catheter body;
- a tip electrode fixedly attached at the distal end of the tip section, the tip electrode having a blind hole in communication with a lumen in the tip section;
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- a wire having proximal and distal ends and extending into the blind hole of the tip electrode, wherein at least two temperature sensors are fixedly attached along a length of the wire.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.