Process for the nonsurgical mapping and treatment of atrial arrhythmia using catheters guided by shaped guiding introducers
First Claim
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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Abstract
A process for the treatment of atrial arrhythmia by use of ablation and/or mapping procedures comprising ablating discrete ablation tracks within the left and right atrium of the heart by use of precurved left and right atrium guiding introducers. Also disclosed are shapes for the guiding introducers to be used for the ablation and/or mapping of the discrete tracks within the left and right atrium.
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42 Claims
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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 comprise
introducing 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, and mapping and ablating the selected area of the atria by use of the catheter thereby producing an ablation track.
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19. A process for the treatment of atrial arrhythmia which includes the use of ablation and mapping procedures comprising
(a) introducing a precurved, right atrium guiding introducer into the right atrium of a human heart, wherein said guiding introducer contains a proximal and distal ends and a lumen running within said guiding introducer from proximal to distal ends; -
(b) positioning a mapping and ablation catheter within the right atrium using the right atrium guiding introducer, wherein a portion of said catheter extends out the distal end of the lumen of the guiding introducer; (c) mapping and ablating a preselected track within the right atrium by use of the ablation and mapping catheter and the right atrium guiding introducer; (d) repeating steps a, b and c as needed using the same or a different precurved, right atrium guiding introducer to ablate and map one or more selected tracks within the right atrium; (e) introducing a precurved, left atrium guiding introducer into the left atrium of a human heart, wherein said guiding introducer contains a proximal and distal ends and a lumen running within said guiding introducer from proximal to distal ends; (f) positioning an ablation and mapping catheter within the left atrium using the left atrium guiding introducer, wherein a portion of said catheter extends out the distal end of the lumen of the guiding introducer; (g) mapping and ablating a preselected track within the left atrium by use of the ablation and mapping catheter and the left atrium guiding introducer; (h) repeating steps e, f and g as needed using the same or different guiding introducers to ablate one or more preselected tracks within the left atrium, thereby creating a generally uninterrupted pathway for electrical impulses from the sinoatrial node to the atrioventricular node while also permitting atrial contraction mediated by the SA node, as well as enhanced atrioventricular synchrony. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. 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 comprise
introducing into the atria a precurved, guiding introducer, wherein said introducer contains a proximal and a distal end, introducing into 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 the selected area for ablation comprises a plurality of tracts in the left atrium, and mapping and ablating the selected area of the atria by use of the catheter, thereby producing an ablation track.
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36. 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 comprise
introducing into the atria a precurved, guiding introducer, wherein said introducer contains a proximal and a distal end, introducing into 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 the selected area for ablation comprises a plurality of tracks in the right atrium, and mapping and ablating the selected area of the atria by use of the catheter.
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40. 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 comprise
introducing into the atria a precurved, guiding introducer, wherein said introducer contains a proximal and a distal end, introducing into 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 the selected area for ablation comprises a plurality of tracks in the left atrium and the right atrium, and mapping and ablating the selected area of the atria by use of the catheter.
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