Medical device for use in bodily lumens, for example an atrium

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9820810
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14713190

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A medical system includes an expandable structure and a first flexible circuit. The expandable structure is sized to be received in a chamber of a heart and is selectively moveable between a delivery configuration and an expanded configuration. The expandable structure includes a plurality of metal strips. The first flexible circuit includes a first flexible electrically insulative substrate and a plurality of electrically conductive traces patterned on the first flexible electrically insulative substrate. A portion of the first flexible circuit is patterned to form at least a first transducer element, and at least a part of the first flexible circuit is at least positioned between two of the plurality of metal strips that contact the first flexible circuit when the expandable structure is in the expanded configuration.

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  • KARDIUM INC.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Gelbart, Daniel Vancouver, CA 209 10173
Goertzen, Douglas Wayne New Westminster, CA 29 542
Lopes, Fernando Luis de Souza Delta, CA 40 1014

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