A flexible tip electrode for an ablation catheter is disclosed. The catheter includes a catheter body and a hollow elongate tip electrode disposed at a distal end of the catheter body. The electrode includes a sidewall provided with one or more elongate gaps extending therethrough. The one or more elongate gaps providing flexibility in the sidewall for bending movement of the tip electrode relative to a longitudinal axis of the catheter body.
申请公布号
US8480669(B2)
申请公布日期
2013.07.09
申请号
US201213481848
申请日期
2012.05.27
申请人
PAPPONE CARLO;DE LA RAMA ALAN;CHEN PETER;HATA CARY;SHIMIZU JARED A.;ST. JUDE MEDICAL, ATRIAL FIBRILLATION DIVISION, INC.
发明人
PAPPONE CARLO;DE LA RAMA ALAN;CHEN PETER;HATA CARY;SHIMIZU JARED A.