Patent ID: 6287303
Filing Date: 2001-09-11
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
An ablation apparatus for intracardial heart treatments, the apparatus comprising:an RF source, wherein the power output of the RF source is regulated in a power or temperature regulated mode;at least one ablation catheter that may be connected to the RF source and that comprises at least one energy output pole, wherein the at least one energy output pole may contain at least one temperature sensor and the temperature sensors of the poles are one of either thermistors or thermoelements; anda sensor recognition system configured such that regulation of power output may be automatically set in such a manner that carrying out of the power regulation corresponds to the type of at least one ablation catheter without the need for the catheter to have a special coding and further configured such that special manual actions of a user are not required for setting of the type of at least one ablation catheter;wherein the sensor recognition system comprises a sensor type recognition system through which there may be determined whether the temperature sensors of the poles are thermistors or thermoelements.