Patent ID: 6302880
Filing Date: 2001-10-16
Classification: A61B,A61M,A61N

Abstract:
An intravascular assembly for forming a continuous lesion within a chamber of a patient's heart, comprising:a) an elongated delivery member having proximal and distal ends, an inner lumen extending therein to the distal end, a distal section shapeable into a curved configuration having an inner side and an outer side and curving in a direction, an elongated opening in the inner side of the curved distal section in communication with the inner lumen and an elongated support element which is fixed along a length of the distal section coextensive with at least part of the elongated opening; andb) an elongated electrophysiological device disposed within the inner lumen of the elongated delivery member, having a distal end secured within the distal end of the elongated delivery member, and having a plurality of electrodes on a distal portion thereof, and which is shapeable into a curved configuration curving in the same direction as the curved distal section of the delivery member, the curved configuration of the elongated electrophysiological device having a concave side facing away from and extending out of the elongated opening along the inner side of the delivery member curved distal section upon relative movement between the delivery member and the elongated electrophysiological device.