Title:
TWO-STAGE SCAR GENERATION FOR TREATING ATRIAL FIBRILLATION
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO2006042246
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
The present invention seeks to provide an implant configured to utilize at least two different scar-generating mechanisms that are generated in sequential or overlapping stages. For example, in one embodiment the present invention provides an expandable device that can be positioned at a desired target location within a patient to generate mechanical ablation damage. After a predetermined amount of mechanical ablation has occurred, additional ablation damage is generated by a different source, such as energy delivery, drug delivery, or inflammatory material delivery. In this respect, the overall ablation scarring can be better controlled by utilizing the ablation techniques that are most appropriate at specific phases of a technique or locations within a patient.
Inventors:
CORNELIUS RICHARD (US)
SWANSON WILLIAM (US)
SULLIVAN DANIEL (US)
SHEBUSKI RONALD (US)
SWANSON WILLIAM (US)
SULLIVAN DANIEL (US)
SHEBUSKI RONALD (US)
Application Number:
PCT/US2005/036477
Publication Date:
November 30, 2006
Filing Date:
October 07, 2005
Export Citation:
Assignee:
SINUS RHYTHM TECHNOLOGIES INC (US)
CORNELIUS RICHARD (US)
SWANSON WILLIAM (US)
SULLIVAN DANIEL (US)
SHEBUSKI RONALD (US)
CORNELIUS RICHARD (US)
SWANSON WILLIAM (US)
SULLIVAN DANIEL (US)
SHEBUSKI RONALD (US)
International Classes:
A61B18/18
Foreign References:
| US6024740A | 2000-02-15 |
Other References:
See also references of EP 1809195A4
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