Patent ID: 9610006
Date: 2017-04-04
CPC Classifications: A61B,A61M,A61N,C08L

Claim:
1. A minimally invasive visualization catheter configured to visualize a target location in a patient's body, comprising: a guidewire lumen extending proximally through the catheter; an inflatable membrane with a closed distal end and with a plurality of ablation electrodes thereon; an inflation lumen extending proximally through the catheter and having a distal end within the closed inflatable membrane, the closed inflatable membrane being in fluid communication with the inflation lumen, the inflation lumen co-axial with the guidewire lumen; an outer catheter shaft co-axial with the inflation lumen and the guidewire lumen; and an integrated visualization assembly disposed within the inflatable membrane, extending around the guidewire lumen and co-axial with the guidewire lumen, the integrated visualization assembly including wherein the guidewire lumen is secured to a distal end of the closed inflatable membrane and axially movable relative to the outer catheter shaft such that axial movement of the guidewire lumen moves the distal end of the closed inflatable membrane.