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Process for the nonsurgical mapping and treatment of atrial arrhythmia using catheters guided by shaped guiding introducers

  • US 5,575,766 A
  • Filed: 07/08/1994
  • Issued: 11/19/1996
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/03/1993
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A process for the treatment of atrial arrhythmia within the atria of a human heart by use of ablation and mapping procedures whereby said procedures compriseintroducing into the atria a precurved, guiding introducer, wherein said introducer contains a proximal and a distal end and a lumen running within said guiding introducer from proximal to distal ends,introducing into said lumen of said guiding introducer an ablation and mapping catheter,guiding the catheter to a selected area of the atria by use of the guiding introducer, wherein a portion of said catheter extends out the distal end of the lumen of the guiding introducer, andmapping and ablating the selected area of the atria by use of the catheter thereby producing an ablation track.

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