Ablation catheter
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1. An ablation catheter, comprising:
- (a) an elongated, flexible, tubular body member having a proximal end, a distal end and a lumen extending therebetween;
(b) a control shaft coaxially disposed and slidingly received within the lumen of the Tubular Body Member;
(c) a flexible carrier assembly which includes at least one ablation element used to deliver energy to tissue; and
(d) a coupler which connects the control shaft to the carrier assembly;
wherein retraction of the control shaft causes the carrier assembly to be constrained within the lumen of the tubular body member; and
wherein advancement of the control shaft causes the carrier assembly to extend beyond the distal end of the tubular body member.
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Abstract
Devices, systems and methods are disclosed for the ablation of tissue. Embodiments include an ablation catheter which has an array of ablation elements attached to a deployable carrier assembly. The carrier assembly can be constrained within the lumen of a catheter, and deployed to take on an expanded condition.
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1. An ablation catheter, comprising:
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(a) an elongated, flexible, tubular body member having a proximal end, a distal end and a lumen extending therebetween;
(b) a control shaft coaxially disposed and slidingly received within the lumen of the Tubular Body Member;
(c) a flexible carrier assembly which includes at least one ablation element used to deliver energy to tissue; and
(d) a coupler which connects the control shaft to the carrier assembly;
wherein retraction of the control shaft causes the carrier assembly to be constrained within the lumen of the tubular body member; and
wherein advancement of the control shaft causes the carrier assembly to extend beyond the distal end of the tubular body member. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 9, 14, 21, 22, 23, 30, 31, 41, 42, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 74, 75, 76, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 129, 130, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 150, 151, 152, 153, 161, 162, 163, 164, 165, 166, 167, 168, 169, 170, 171, 172, 173)
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174. An ablation catheter, comprising:
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an elongated, flexible, tubular body member having a proximal end, a distal end and a lumen extending therebetween;
a control shaft coaxially disposed and slidingly received within the lumen of the tubular body member;
a flexible carrier assembly mechanically attached to the control shaft, said carrier assembly including at least one ablation element used to deliver energy to tissue, said carrier assembly further comprising one or more flexible arms, each arm with a proximal portion, a distal portion and a hinged portion therebetween;
wherein said proximal portion is attached to the distal end of the tubular body member and said distal portion is attached to the control shaft;
wherein retraction of the control shaft causes the carrier assembly to collapse inwardly such that the distal portion of the carrier assembly is constrained within the lumen of the tubular body member prior to the mid portion being constrained; and
wherein advancement of the control shaft causes the carrier assembly to extend beyond the distal end of the tubular body member. - View Dependent Claims (175, 176)
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177. An ablation catheter, comprising:
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an elongated, flexible, tubular body member having a proximal end, a distal end and a lumen extending therebetween;
a control shaft coaxially disposed and slidingly received within a lumen of the tubular body member;
a flexible carrier assembly, mechanically attached to the control shaft, said carrier assembly including multiple ablation elements used to deliver energy to tissue;
said ablation elements connected in series such that power is delivered to each ablation element sequentially. - View Dependent Claims (178, 179)
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180. An ablation catheter, comprising:
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an elongated, flexible, tubular body member having a proximal end, a distal end and a lumen extending therebetween;
two or more control shafts coaxially disposed and slidingly received within the lumen of the tubular body member;
two or more flexible carrier assemblies each mechanically attached to a corresponding control shaft, each of said carrier assemblies including at least one ablation element used to deliver energy to tissue;
wherein retraction of each control shaft causes the connected carrier assembly to be constrained within the lumen of the tubular body member; and
wherein advancement of the each control shaft causes the corresponding carrier assembly to extend beyond the distal end of the tubular body member. - View Dependent Claims (181, 182)
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183. An ablation catheter, comprising:
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an elongated, flexible, tubular body member having a proximal end, a distal end and a lumen extending therebetween;
a flexible control shaft coaxially disposed and slidingly received within the lumen of the Tubular Body Member, said control shaft including a proximal end, a distal end, and a mid-portion;
at least one ablation element mounted in the mid-portion of said control shaft wherein the proximal end of the control shaft resides outside the proximal end of the tubular body member, the control shaft extending distally through the lumen of the control shaft such that the control shaft mid-portion resides outside the distal end of the tubular body member;
the control shaft then extending proximally such that the distal end of the control shaft resides outside the proximal end of the tubular body member.wherein retraction of either the proximal and distal ends of the control shaft causes the mid-portion of the control shaft to be constrained within the lumen of the distal end of the tubular body member. - View Dependent Claims (184, 185, 189, 190)
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