ABLATION CATHETER AND A METHOD OF PERFORMING ABLATION

摘要

The invention relates to an ablation catheter, for performing ablation of a target tissue in a patient, where the ablation catheter comprises an elongate body part with a distal end, and an ablation electrode with a distal part. A tissue abutment part extends to a location distal of the ablation electrode distal part in order to separate the distal part of the ablation electrode spatially from the target tissue. This allows of more efficient irrigation and cooling of the target tissue site and of the ablation electrode, and further allows direct monitoring of the target tissue, e.g. by an ultrasound transducer.