Patent ID: 11937874
Assignee: SIRONA MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 17:
18. An ablation catheter, comprising:
an elongate body having proximal and distal ends with an inner lumen extending there between; and
an expandable end effector extending distally beyond the distal end of the elongate body and configured to deliver energy to tissue, the expandable end effector being moveable between first, second, and third configurations, wherein in the first configuration the expandable end effector is configured to form a single point lesion or linear lesion on tissue, in the second configuration in which the expandable end effector is configured to form a circumferential lesion on tissue, and in the third configuration configured to form substantially co-planar lesions on tissue distal to the expandable end effector.