Patent ID: 6814732
Filing Date: 2004-11-09
Classification: A61B,A61M,A61N

Abstract:
An intravascular assembly for forming a continuous lesion within a tissue of a patient's heart, comprising:a) an elongated delivery member having proximal and distal ends, a lumen extending within at least a portion of the delivery member, a distal section shapeable into a curved configuration having an inner side and an outer side, an elongated recess along one side of the distal section having a proximal end and a distal end, at least one opening in the distal section In communication with the lumen, and an elongated support element which is fixed along a length of the distal section coextensive with at least part of the elongated recess; and b) an elongated electrophysiological device disposed within the 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 emitting electrodes on a distal portion thereof, and which is configured to extend out of and away from the elongated recess upon relative movement between the delivery member and the elongated electrophysiological device.