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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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)...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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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