CA2118011A1 - Cryogenic catheter - Google Patents

Cryogenic catheter

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CA2118011A1
CA2118011A1 CA 2118011 CA2118011A CA2118011A1 CA 2118011 A1 CA2118011 A1 CA 2118011A1 CA 2118011 CA2118011 CA 2118011 CA 2118011 A CA2118011 A CA 2118011A CA 2118011 A1 CA2118011 A1 CA 2118011A1
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catheter
ablation
ablation device
electrode
tissue
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Fredric L. Milder
A. Ze'ev Hed
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Medtronic Cryocath LP
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Fredric L. Milder
A. Ze'ev Hed
Implemed, Inc.
Cryocath Technologies Inc.
Medtronic Cryocath Lp
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Abstract

The invention provides a catheter (10) for ice mapping and ablation and a method of ablation using the catheter (10). The catheter (10) includes a least two lumens (14, 16) for circulating a refrigerating fluid adjacent an ablation device located at the end of a catheter. The refrigerated ablation device is used to chill a localized region of myocardial tissue, thereby permitting the resulting change in electrical activity to be determined. In response to the test results, the ablation device may be used to make a lesion in the myocardial tissue to correct a cardiac arrhythmia. In one embodiment, the ablation device is an electrode (30) which uses radio frequency energy to ablate the myocardial tissue. Alternatively, the ablation device is an electrode (22) adapted for direct current ablation. In another embodiment, the electrode is replaced with an optical fiber (40) in communication with a laser which uses the laser's light energy to ablate tissue. Yet another embodiment is a cryogenic catheter (10), useful for cooling tissue for other applications, for use as a combined separate mapping or ablation device, or for use with the ice mapping and ablation means of the present invention. The embodiments may include provisions for steering the catheter and for stabilizing the ablation device at the proposed lesion site.
CA002118011A 1992-04-16 1993-04-16 Cryogenic catheter Expired - Lifetime CA2118011C (en)

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US07/870,495 US5281213A (en) 1992-04-16 1992-04-16 Catheter for ice mapping and ablation
US870,495 1992-04-16
US07/898,142 US5281215A (en) 1992-04-16 1992-06-15 Cryogenic catheter
US898,142 1992-06-15
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