Ablation catheters and systems including rotational monitoring means
First Claim
1. An ablation catheter system comprising a catheter handle, an elongate catheter body, an electrode, and a means for tracking an angular rotational history of the catheter handle during an ablation procedure, wherein the means for tracking an angular rotational history of the catheter handle during an ablation procedure is configured to record a circumferential angle for each ablation made by the electrode.
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Abstract
The present disclosure provides an improved ablation catheter. In particular, the present disclosure provides an improved renal denervation ablation catheter and system including a catheter handle and a means for tracking, monitoring, and/or recording the circumferential angular history of the renal denervation ablation catheter handle. The renal denervation ablation catheters in accordance with the present disclosure are well-suited for use with a renal denervation ablation system that can record the circumferential angular history of the renal denervation catheter handle, and hence the circumferential angular ablation history of the catheter electrode within a vessel, and use this data in combination with other known information to estimate the percent circumferential denervation of the vessel.
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20 Claims
- 1. An ablation catheter system comprising a catheter handle, an elongate catheter body, an electrode, and a means for tracking an angular rotational history of the catheter handle during an ablation procedure, wherein the means for tracking an angular rotational history of the catheter handle during an ablation procedure is configured to record a circumferential angle for each ablation made by the electrode.
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12. A method for tracking the circumferential ablation history of a renal artery, the method comprising:
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ablating at least two areas on the renal artery using an ablation system comprising an ablation catheter comprising a catheter handle, an elongate catheter body, and an electrode, the ablation system further comprising a means for tracking an angular rotational history of the catheter handle during an ablation procedure, wherein the means for tracking an angular rotational history of the catheter handle is configured to record the circumferential angular ablation history of the electrode within the renal artery; and recording a circumferential angle for each ablation made by the electrode. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method for estimating the circumferential percent renal denervation for a renal artery, the method comprising:
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performing at least two ablations on the renal artery using an ablation system comprising an ablation catheter comprising a catheter handle, an elongate catheter body, and an electrode, the ablation system further comprising a means for recording a circumferential rotational history of the catheter handle; recording a circumferential angle for each ablation; and using an average ablation spot size, a diameter of the artery, and circumferential angle for each ablation to estimate the circumferential percent renal denervation for the artery.
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