Title:
ATRIAL ANNULUS ABLATION LOOP WITH EXPANDABLE PUSHER
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO2001037925
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
An apparatus that facilitates the creation of circumferential lesions in body tissue. The apparatus includes a first probe having a loop structure that supports electrodes or other operative elements against the body tissue and a second probe with an expandable push structure that may be used to urge the loop structure against body tissue.
Inventors:
JENKINS THOMAS R
THOMPSON RUSSELL B
BURNSIDE ROBERT
HEGDE ANANT V
SWANSON DAVID K
THOMPSON RUSSELL B
BURNSIDE ROBERT
HEGDE ANANT V
SWANSON DAVID K
Application Number:
PCT/EP2000/011638
Publication Date:
December 13, 2001
Filing Date:
November 22, 2000
Export Citation:
Assignee:
BOSTON SCIENT LTD (BB)
International Classes:
A61B18/14; A61B18/12; A61M25/00; (IPC1-7): A61B18/14
Domestic Patent References:
| WO1999002096A1 | 1999-01-21 |
Foreign References:
| US5860974A | 1999-01-19 | |||
| US5938660A | 1999-08-17 | |||
| US6029671A | 2000-02-29 | |||
| EP1042990A1 | 2000-10-11 |
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