Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Medical device for use in bodily lumens, for example an atrium
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Application No.: US17584705Application Date: 2022-01-26
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Publication No.: US11432874B2Publication Date: 2022-09-06
- Inventor: Daniel Gelbart , Douglas Wayne Goertzen , Fernando Luis de Souza Lopes
- Applicant: KARDIUM INC.
- Applicant Address: CA Burnaby
- Assignee: KARDIUM INC.
- Current Assignee: KARDIUM INC.
- Current Assignee Address: CA Burnaby
- Agency: Rossi, Kimms & McDowell LLP
- Main IPC: A61B18/14
- IPC: A61B18/14 ; A61B5/06 ; A61B5/00 ; A61B18/18 ; A61B18/20 ; A61B18/00 ; A61B18/02

Abstract:
A device positionable in a cavity of a bodily organ (e.g., a heart) may discriminate between fluid (e.g., blood) and non-fluid tissue (e.g., wall of heart) to provide information or a mapping indicative of a position and/or orientation of the device in the cavity. Discrimination may be based on flow, or some other characteristic, for example electrical permittivity or force. The device may selectively ablate portions of the non-fluid tissue based on the information or mapping. The device may detect characteristics (e.g., electrical potentials) indicative of whether ablation was successful. The device may include a plurality of transducers, intravascularly guided in an unexpanded configuration and positioned proximate the non-fluid tissue in an expanded configuration. Expansion mechanism may include helical member(s) or inflatable member(s).
Public/Granted literature
- US20220142706A1 MEDICAL DEVICE FOR USE IN BODILY LUMENS, FOR EXAMPLE AN ATRIUM Public/Granted day:2022-05-12
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