Patent ID: 6033403
Filing Date: 2000-03-07
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
A catheter system comprising:a catheter shaft having a distal tip section, a shaft distal end, a shaft proximal end, and at least one lumen extending between the shaft distal end and shaft proximal end;a handle attached to the shaft proximal end of the catheter shaft, wherein the handle has a cavity; anda wire electrode means for treating tissue mounted on the distal tip section of the catheter shaft, the electrode means having a wire means for connecting a plurality of rings mounted on the catheter shaft, wherein the wire means is placed intimately at an outer surface of the catheter shaft and constitutes a long wire electrode that is secured to the catheter shaft by the plurality of rings, the wire means having a wire core section, a wire distal end and a wire proximal end, wherein a first ring of the plurality of rings is secured to the wire distal end and a second ring is secured to the wire proximal end.