Method and system for treatment of atrial tachyarrhythmias
AssigneeMedtronic, Inc.
InventorsDavid E. Francischelli, Rahul Mehra
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Abstract
A method of and a system for treatment of atrial tachyarrhythmias. The system includes a set of hemostats having elongated opposing jaws carrying mechanisms for applying ablation energy along the jaws. The jaws having straight and curved configurations selected to allow arrangement of the jaws of along opposite sides of walls of a patient's atrium. Treatment is accomplished by applying of ablation energy to the walls of a patient's artria to create lines of lesion corresponding generally to incisions employed in a Maze type procedure.
Claims11
A method of treatment of a patient having atrial tachyarrhythmias, comprising:
- selecting a set of hemostats having elongated opposing jaws each carrying means for applying ablation energy along the jaws, the set of hemostats including at least one hemostat having jaws with straight segments and at least two hemostats having jaws with curved segments of differing radii of curvature;
- successively selecting individual hemostats within the set of hemostats and arranging the jaws of the selected individual hemostats along opposite sides of walls of the patient's atria and applying ablation energy to the walls of the patient's atria by means of the applying means to create lines of lesion corresponding generally to incisions employed in a Maze type surgical procedure.
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