Reinhard Warnking,Eugene Jung,Hiroshi Nakagawa,Robert C. Pacheco
申请号：
US11547410
公开号：
US08216216B2
申请日:
2005.04.19
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2012
代理人:
摘要：
A cardiac ablation device, including a steerable catheter (10) and an expandable ablation element (18) incorporating one or more balloons (20, 22) at the distal end of the catheter, has a continuous passageway (28, 30) extending through it from the proximal end of the catheter to the distal side of the expandable ablation element. A probe (72) carrying electrodes is introduced through this passageway and deploys, under the influence of its own resilience, to a structure incorporating a loop (82) which is automatically aligned with the axis of the expandable ablation device, so that minimal manipulation is required to place the sensor probe.
