Patent ID: 9370391
Filing Date: 2016-06-21
CPC Classification: A61B

Claim Text:
1. An apparatus, comprising: a cryogenic catheter comprising a blunt thermally transmissive tip, said cryogenic catheter being configured to form an ice ball between said blunt tip and a first section of heart tissue to thereby stably affix said cryogenic catheter to said first section of heart tissue without said tip penetrating any heart tissue; and a continuous elongated linear ablating section that extends in a longitudinal direction to present an elongated longitudinally-extending surface, said continuous elongated linear ablating section being spaced apart from said blunt tip and being configured for creating a continuous elongated linear ablation along a second section of heart tissue by pressing the elongated longitudinally-extending surface of said continuous elongated linear ablating section against the second section of heart tissue without said continuous elongated linear ablating section penetrating any heart tissue, wherein said second section of heart tissue is spaced apart from said first section of heart tissue such that a third section of heart tissue, disposed between said first and second sections of heart tissue, is unablated and does not have the ice ball disposed thereon, wherein said continuous elongated linear ablating section is anchored, in use, to said cryogenic catheter.