Waltherus Cornelis Jozef Bierhoff;Godefridus Antonius Harks;Jan Frederik Suijver;Johannes Wilhelmus Weekamp;Szabolcs Deladi
发明人:
Johannes Wilhelmus Weekamp,Jan Frederik Suijver,Waltherus Cornelis Jozef Bierhoff,Szabolcs Deladi,Godefridus Antonius Harks
申请号：
US13388998
公开号：
US09788892B2
申请日:
2010.08.26
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2017
代理人:
摘要：
The present invention relates to a catheter (20) adapted for open-loop irrigated ablation, such as RF ablation, of a tissue (40). Said catheter has a distal tip (22) with an ablation entity (15) adapted for performing ablation of the tissue, an irrigation hole (21) and an ultrasound transducer (5) adapted for transmitting and/or receiving ultrasonic waves. The ultrasound transducer is disposed behind or in the irrigation hole of the catheter, so as to allow an irrigation fluid to flow out of the irrigation hole, and so as to allow transmitting and/or receiving the ultrasonic waves through the irrigation hole. The invention also relates to an imaging system and to a corresponding method for operating a catheter.
