LASSO CATHETER WITH ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a medical device including an insertion shaft, having a longitudinal axis and having a distal end adapted for insertion into a body of a patient.

SOLUTION: A resilient end section is fixed to the distal end of the insertion shaft and is formed so as to define an arc oriented obliquely relative to the axis and having a center of curvature on the axis. One or more electrodes are disposed along the end section. An ultrasound transducer is fixed to the distal end and is configured to image a vicinity of the arc using ultrasound waves.

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