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7610073 |
Method for mapping a tubular region near the heart
A method is provided for mapping electrical activity within a tubular region of or near the heart having a inner circumference, such as a pulmonary vein. The method comprises inserting into the...
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7606625 |
Method and device for aligning a stent with a stent support
A method for aligning a stent with a stent support includes the steps of (1) placing a stent support and a stent mounted on the stent support in a vertically position with the stent support's first...
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7606609 |
Devices and methods for cardiac mapping of an annular region
A catheter maps an electrical conduction pattern in an annular region of a heart. The catheter has a tubular shaft that has a pre-shaped curved distal section adjacent the distal end thereof, and...
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7593760 |
Catheter with contractable mapping assembly
The invention is directed to a mapping catheter useful for mapping tubular regions in and around the heart. The catheter comprises an elongated tubular catheter body. A mapping assembly is provided...
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7584004 |
Vascularly stabilized peripheral nerve cuff assembly
A vascularly stabilized peripheral nerve cuff assembly is provided. One aspect of this disclosure relates to an electrode assembly used in the delivery of neural stimulation therapy. The electrode...
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7570982 |
Catheter having mapping assembly
A mapping catheter comprises a catheter body and a mapping assembly. The catheter body has an outer wall, proximal and distal ends, and at least one lumen extending therethrough. The mapping...
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7530953 |
Electrical connector
An electrical connector is described. In one implementation, the connector includes a female portion including one or more electrical contacts and a male portion including one or more electrical...
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7496394 |
Internal reference coronary sinus catheter
A deflectable unilateral or bidirectional catheter for mapping and/or ablation, has a catheter body and a catheter tip section carrying a reference sensor and a scaffolding structure that is...
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7474909 |
Apparatus for mapping and coagulating soft tissue in or around body orifices
A probe that may be used to create circumferential lesions in body tissue and, in some implementations, may also be used to perform mapping functions. The probe includes a collapsible/expandable...
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7449018 |
Method and device for performing cooling- or cryo-therapies for, e.g., angioplasty with reduced restenosis or pulmonary vein cell necrosis to inhibit atrial fibrillation employing microporous balloon
An enhanced method and device are provided to inhibit or reduce restenosis following angioplasty or stent placement. A porous balloon-tipped catheter is disposed in the area treated or opened...
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7435248 |
Medical probes for creating and diagnosing circumferential lesions within or around the ostium of a vessel
The present inventions provide assemblies, probes, and methods for creating circumferential lesions in tissue, e.g., the tissue within or around the ostium of a vessel. An ablation probe with an...
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7412273 |
Soft linear mapping catheter with stabilizing tip
A catheter adapted for mapping near a tubular region of a heart, has an elongated tubular catheter body having proximal and distal ends, an intermediate section distal of the catheter body, and a...
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7347826 |
Packaging sensors for long term implant
According to this technique of packaging a sensor device implantable in a living body so as to provide protection of the sensor device and to the living body itself, an electrical conductor of the...
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7274957 |
Multifunctional catheter handle
The invention is directed to a multifunctional catheter handle. The handle comprises a handle body and a core mounted within the handle body. A piston is provided having a distal end mounted in the...
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7257435 |
Catheter and method for mapping a pulmonary vein
An improved catheter is provided that is particularly useful for mapping the pulmonary vein and other tubular regions of or near the heart. The catheter comprises an elongated catheter body having...
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7245955 |
Electrophysiology/ablation catheter having deflection assembly
An electrophysiology/ablation catheter assembly includes an elongated flexible casing that received a first catheter deflection assembly. Electrical leads are connected to each electrode on a...
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7239924 |
Electrode line
Certain embodiments of the present invention concern an implantable electrode line having a proximal and a distal end, an outer electrode line surface and an electrode line longitudinal axis. The...
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7236825 |
Cardiac activity sensing during pacing in implantable devices
A method and device for sensing cardiac activity that includes a first plurality of electrodes forming a first electrode configuration to sense cardiac activity, a second plurality of electrodes...
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7218958 |
Electrophysiology/ablation catheter having second passage
A deflectable tip cardiac electrophysiology/ablation lumen catheter includes first and second passages, one of which communicates with an inflatable member or balloon. The second passage terminates...
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7187963 |
Bidirectional catheter having mapping assembly
A bidirectional mapping catheter is provided. The catheter comprises an elongated flexible tubular catheter body having an axis and proximal and distal ends. A mapping assembly, which is mounted at...
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7181262 |
Method for mapping a tubular region near the heart
A method is provided for mapping electrical activity within a tubular region of or near the heart having a inner circumference, such as a pulmonary vein. The method comprises inserting into the...
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7142903 |
Catheter with contractable mapping assembly
The invention is directed to a mapping catheter useful for mapping tubular regions in and around the heart. The catheter comprises an elongated tubular catheter body. A mapping assembly is provided...
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7123951 |
Catheter having mapping assembly
A mapping catheter comprises a catheter body and a mapping assembly. The catheter body has an outer wall, proximal and distal ends, and at least one lumen extending therethrough. The mapping...
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7099711 |
Method for mapping electrical activity
A method for measuring electrical activity within a tubular region of or near the heart, such as the pulmonary vein, is provided. The method comprises inserting into the heart a distal end of a...
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7039450 |
Telescoping catheter
A catheter that is particularly useful for mapping electrical activity in the heart of a patient is provided. The catheter comprises an elongated catheter body having a lumen extending...
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6999809 |
Central venous catheter having a soft tip and fiber optics
A multiple lumen catheter having a soft, tapered multiple lumen distal tip for insertion into a body vessel. One of the lumens is sized to pass over a guidewire such that the catheter can be...
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6981314 |
Method of forming a lead
An implantable, substantially isodiametric, low resistance implantable lead having at least one electrode positioned in a stimulation/sensing portion of the lead as well as a method of...
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6973339 |
Lasso for pulmonary vein mapping and ablation
A method is provided for electrical mapping of a pulmonary vein of a heart, including introducing into the heart a catheter having a curved section and a base section, the base section having a...
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6939345 |
Method for reducing restenosis in the presence of an intravascular stent
A first electrode is positioned within an artery proximate an implanted intravascular stent. A second electrode is positioned at a separate location relative the position of the first electrode....
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6871085 |
Cardiac vein lead and guide catheter
A guide catheter and medical lead are provided wherein the lead may be used as a pull wire to steer the guide catheter. The guide catheter is provided with a flexible distal segment and the lead is...
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6845257 |
Method for mapping electrical activity
A method for measuring electrical activity within a tubular region of or near the heart, such as the pulmonary vein, is provided. The method comprises inserting into the heart a distal end of a...
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6799064 |
Device for the mapping of cardiac arrhythmia foci
A device for the mapping of cardiac arrhythmia foci including a catheter body having a distal end, first and second point electrodes, which are secured in the surface of the catheter body and which...
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6779257 |
Method of making a flexible elongate member
A method of making a flexible elongate member includes the steps of providing a core wire having a proximal region and a distal region, attaching an electrical device to the distal region of the...
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6772015 |
Bifurcated lead system for a cardiac vein
A bi-furcated medical electrical lead that is adapted to be implanted in the cardiac venous system is disclosed. The lead includes a bifurcated distal portion having first and second elongated...
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6771996 |
Ablation and high-resolution mapping catheter system for pulmonary vein foci elimination
A catheter system includes an outer catheter having a lumen and an inner catheter sized to fit within and slide through the lumen of the outer catheter. Both catheters may be introduced into an...
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6728563 |
Electrophysiology/ablation catheter having “halo” configuration
A remotely bi-directional deflectable electrophysiology/ablation catheter of the type intended for placing into an interior passage of the heart is disclosed. The distal end of this elongated...
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6671533 |
System and method for mapping and ablating body tissue of the interior region of the heart
A catheter for sensing electrical events about a selected annulus region of the heart and for treating tissue in the selected annulus region has a handle assembly, and a shaft having a proximal end...
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6666864 |
Electrophysiological probes having selective element actuation and variable lesion length capability
An apparatus having a support structure, a plurality of longitudinally spaced conductive regions, and an actuation device including at least one electrical contact located within the support...
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6648881 |
Method for reducing arterial restenosis in the presence of an intravascular stent
A first electrode is positioned within an artery proximate an implanted intravascular stent. A second electrode is positioned at a separate location relative the position of the first electrode....
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6615067 |
Method and device for measuring physical characteristics in a body
A guide wire for measuring physiological characteristics inside a body includes a sensor ( 14 ) for monitoring the physical variable and for forming an output signal characteristic for the value of...
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6558377 |
Embolic material detachment detection system and method and assembly for embolic treatments
A system and method for determining the detachment of an embolic material using a single power supply are disclosed, wherein the determination is made by applying a DC power to an assembly with an...
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6536949 |
Catheter for thermal evaluation of arteriosclerotic plaque
A device for percutaneous insertion into a fluid passageway of a human body, such as an artery is provided with one or more thermocouples disposed on a flexible, resilient wire lead and coupled to...
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6532378 |
Pulmonary artery catheter for left and right atrial recording
A catheter for indirect left atrial mapping from the left pulmonary artery is disclosed. The catheter includes an elongated flexible member with a distal end and a proximal end. Located at the...
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6521430 |
Method for electro-permeabilization of individual cellular and organellar structures and use thereof
The invention relates to a method for permeabilization of a cell structure consisting of a single cell, an intracellular structure or an organelle comprising the following steps: (a)...
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6466811 |
Device for the mapping of cardiac arrhyhmia foci
A device for the mapping of cardiac arrhythmia foci including a catheter body having a distal tip, first and second point electrodes, which are secured to the catheter body and which form a first...
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6458107 |
Steerable coronary sinus catheter
A steerable catheter for insertion into the ostium of the coronary sinus in the right atria including a flexible catheter body, and a steerable catheter handle wherein the catheter body includes a...
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6416493 |
Method and system for the treatment of hyperkinetic atrial arrhythmia
A method and device for the pharmacological cardioversion of fibrillation or atrial flutter is disclosed. The device is implantable in the human body and provides equipment for drug infusion using...
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6363288 |
CS lead with single site sensing and dual site pacing
A system for providing medical electrical stimulation includes a pulse generator coupled to a lead having two electrodes for placement in the right atrium or for placement of one in the right...
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6264613 |
Site coding for medical devices for introduction into a patient's body
Disclosed is a medical device for introduction into a patient's body, in particular into the patient's blood vessel, for measuring a physiological parameter. The medical device comprises means for...
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6241666 |
Ablation catheter tip with a buffer layer covering the electrode
An ablative catheter assembly whose electrode is completely covered by a buffer layer. The buffer layer prevents areas of high current density at the surface of the catheter tip, which helps to...
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