Ultrasonic lesion feedback, antipop monitoring, and force detection

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9717547
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14394164

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An ablation catheter comprises: an elongated catheter body extending longitudinally between a proximal end and a distal end along a longitudinal axis; a distal member disposed adjacent the distal end, the distal member including an ablation element to ablate a biological member; one or more acoustic transducers disposed in the distal member and each configured to direct an acoustic signal toward a respective target ablation region and receive reflection echoes therefrom; and an acoustic redirection member disposed in the distal member to at least partially redirect the acoustic signal from at least one of the acoustic transducers toward a tissue target. The distal member includes a most-distal portion, a proximal portion, and a deflectable portion between the most-distal portion and proximal portion to permit deflection between the most-distal portion and proximal portion of the distal member. The transducers and redirection member are mounted on opposite sides of the deflectable portion.

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ST JUDE MEDICAL INCONE ST JUDE MEDICAL DRIVE ST PAUL MN 55117

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Ma, Zhenyi San Jose, US 30 682
Morse, Stephen Menlo Park, US 9 335
Sliwa, John Loa Altos Hills, US 11 342

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