DE69415649D1 - Einführvorrichtung für das nichtoperative Messen und Behandeln von Vorhofarrythmien mit durch den Einführvorrichtung geführte Katheter - Google Patents

Einführvorrichtung für das nichtoperative Messen und Behandeln von Vorhofarrythmien mit durch den Einführvorrichtung geführte Katheter

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DE69415649D1
DE69415649D1 DE69415649T DE69415649T DE69415649D1 DE 69415649 D1 DE69415649 D1 DE 69415649D1 DE 69415649 T DE69415649 T DE 69415649T DE 69415649 T DE69415649 T DE 69415649T DE 69415649 D1 DE69415649 D1 DE 69415649D1
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atrial arrhythmias
operative measurement
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John Frederick Swartz
John D Ockuly
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St Jude Medical LLC
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Daig Corp
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61M—DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY; DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY; DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR
    • A61M25/00—Catheters; Hollow probes
    • A61M25/0021—Catheters; Hollow probes characterised by the form of the tubing
    • A61M25/0041—Catheters; Hollow probes characterised by the form of the tubing pre-formed, e.g. specially adapted to fit with the anatomy of body channels
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B18/00—Surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body
    • A61B18/04—Surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body by heating
    • A61B18/12—Surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body by heating by passing a current through the tissue to be heated, e.g. high-frequency current
    • A61B18/14—Probes or electrodes therefor
    • A61B18/1492—Probes or electrodes therefor having a flexible, catheter-like structure, e.g. for heart ablation
DE69415649T 1993-11-03 1994-11-03 Einführvorrichtung für das nichtoperative Messen und Behandeln von Vorhofarrythmien mit durch den Einführvorrichtung geführte Katheter Expired - Fee Related DE69415649T2 (de)

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US08/147,168 US5497774A (en) 1993-11-03 1993-11-03 Guiding introducer for left atrium
US08/146,744 US5427119A (en) 1993-11-03 1993-11-03 Guiding introducer for right atrium
US08/272,014 US5575766A (en) 1993-11-03 1994-07-08 Process for the nonsurgical mapping and treatment of atrial arrhythmia using catheters guided by shaped guiding introducers

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