Patent ID: 6120500
Filing Date: 2000-09-19
Classification: A61B,A61M,C08L

Abstract:
A rail catheter ablation and mapping system for ablation procedures in a chamber of a human heart, comprising;a guiding introducer containing a lumen, whereing the lumen includes an opening in a distal end of the guiding introducer and wherein the guiding introducer contains a slot passing through the guiding introducer, which slot is located proximal from the distal end of the guiding introducer,an extendable rail, one end of which is contained within the guiding introducer, wherein the rail is extended through the slot in the guiding introducer and reenters the guiding introducer through the opening in the distal end of the guiding introducer, andan ablation catheter containing a lumen, wherein the catheter passes within the lumen of the guiding introducer, and wherein the ablation catheter passes over the rail.