×

Method and device for performing cooling- or cryo-therapies for, e.g., angioplasty with reduced restenosis or pulmonary vein cell necrosis to inhibit atrial fibrillation

  • US 6,602,276 B2
  • Filed: 03/21/2001
  • Issued: 08/05/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/31/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Term
First Claim
Patent Images

1. A method of reducing atrial fibrillation, comprising:

  • inserting a catheter at least partially into the heart, the catheter having a balloon, a portion of the balloon located in the left atrium and a portion of the balloon located in a pulmonary vein;

    inflating the balloon with a perfluorocarbon such that an exterior surface of the balloon is in contact with at least a partial circumference of the portion of the pulmonary vein adjacent the left atrium, the perfluorocarbon having a temperature in the range of about −

    10°

    C. to −

    50°

    C.

View all claims
  • 10 Assignments
Timeline View
Assignment View
    ×
    ×