DE60030314D1 - Ablationsschlaufe für den vorhofring mit expandierbarer schubvorrichtung - Google Patents

Ablationsschlaufe für den vorhofring mit expandierbarer schubvorrichtung

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DE60030314D1
DE60030314D1 DE60030314T DE60030314T DE60030314D1 DE 60030314 D1 DE60030314 D1 DE 60030314D1 DE 60030314 T DE60030314 T DE 60030314T DE 60030314 T DE60030314 T DE 60030314T DE 60030314 D1 DE60030314 D1 DE 60030314D1
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vorhofring
pushing device
ablation circuit
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R Jenkins
B Thompson
Robert Burnside
V Hegde
K Swanson
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Boston Scientific Ltd Barbados
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    • A61B18/04—Surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body by heating
    • A61B18/12—Surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body by heating by passing a current through the tissue to be heated, e.g. high-frequency current
    • A61B18/14—Probes or electrodes therefor
    • A61B18/1492—Probes or electrodes therefor having a flexible, catheter-like structure, e.g. for heart ablation
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    • A61B2018/00214—Expandable means emitting energy, e.g. by elements carried thereon
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    • A61B2018/00053—Mechanical features of the instrument of device
    • A61B2018/00273—Anchoring means for temporary attachment of a device to tissue
    • A61B2018/00279—Anchoring means for temporary attachment of a device to tissue deployable
    • A61B2018/00285—Balloons
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    • A61B2018/00315—Surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body for treatment of particular body parts
    • A61B2018/00345—Vascular system
    • A61B2018/00351—Heart
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    • A61B2018/00571—Surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body for achieving a particular surgical effect
    • A61B2018/00577—Ablation
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    • A61B18/00—Surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body
    • A61B2018/00636—Sensing and controlling the application of energy
    • A61B2018/00773—Sensed parameters
    • A61B2018/00791—Temperature
    • A61B2018/00797—Temperature measured by multiple temperature sensors
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    • A61B2018/00773—Sensed parameters
    • A61B2018/00839—Bioelectrical parameters, e.g. ECG, EEG
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    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
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    • A61B18/00—Surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body
    • A61B18/04—Surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body by heating
    • A61B18/12—Surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body by heating by passing a current through the tissue to be heated, e.g. high-frequency current
    • A61B18/14—Probes or electrodes therefor
    • A61B2018/1405—Electrodes having a specific shape
    • A61B2018/1407—Loop
DE60030314T 1999-11-22 2000-11-22 Ablationsschlaufe für den vorhofring mit expandierbarer schubvorrichtung Expired - Lifetime DE60030314T2 (de)

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US447180 1999-11-22
US09/447,180 US6645199B1 (en) 1999-11-22 1999-11-22 Loop structures for supporting diagnostic and therapeutic elements contact with body tissue and expandable push devices for use with same
PCT/EP2000/011638 WO2001037925A2 (en) 1999-11-22 2000-11-22 Atrial annulus ablation loop with expandable pusher

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EP (1) EP1233717B1 (de)
JP (1) JP4404513B2 (de)
AT (1) ATE336955T1 (de)
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