#$%^&*AU2016203853A120170216.pdf#####ABSTRACT This disclosure is directed to a catheter having a basket-shaped electrode assembly at the distal end of the catheter body formed from a plurality of spines with electrodes. Each spine is deflectable outwards into an expanded configuration, so that the basket-shaped electrode assembly has a proximal basket area and a distal basket area with different equatorial diameters.H 1/4 ite LLI0 JU i' :