Cary Hata;Jared A. Shimizu;Carlo Pappone;Alan de la Rama;Peter Chen
发明人:
Carlo Pappone,Alan de la Rama,Peter Chen,Cary Hata,Jared A. Shimizu
申请号:
US13481848
公开号:
US20120239031A1
申请日:
2012.05.27
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2012
代理人:
摘要:
A flexible tip electrode for an ablation catheter is disclosed. The catheter includes a catheter body and a hollow elongate tip electrode disposed at a distal end of the catheter body. The electrode includes a sidewall provided with one or more elongate gaps extending therethrough. The one or more elongate gaps providing flexibility in the sidewall for bending movement of the tip electrode relative to a longitudinal axis of the catheter body.