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Patent US5718241 - Apparatus and method for treating cardiac arrhythmias with no discrete target - Google PatentsSearch Images Maps Play YouTube News Gmail Drive More »Sign inPatentsA method and apparatus for treating cardiac arrhythmias with no discrete focus. More particularly, one or more catheters are used to collect local information concerning a patient's heart, the information is analyzed to determine where lines or points of ablation should be made, and then the lines or...http://www.google.com/patents/US5718241?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US5718241 - Apparatus and method for treating cardiac arrhythmias with no discrete targetAdvanced Patent SearchTry the new Google Patents, with machine-classified Google Scholar results, and Japanese and South Korean patents.Publication numberUS5718241 APublication typeGrantApplication numberUS 08/476,200Publication dateFeb 17, 1998Filing dateJun 7, 1995Priority dateJun 7, 1995Fee statusPaidAlso published asCA2224152A1, CA2224152C, CN1155333C, CN1187113A, DE69631801D1, DE69631801T2, EP0955880A1, EP0955880A4, EP0955880B1, WO1996039929A1Publication number08476200, 476200, US 5718241 A, US 5718241A, US-A-5718241, US5718241 A, US5718241AInventorsShlomo Ben-Haim, Susan J. ZachmanOriginal AssigneeBiosense, Inc.Export CitationBiBTeX, EndNote, RefManPatent Citations (49), Non-Patent Citations (73), Referenced by (590), Classifications (28), Legal Events (4) External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, EspacenetApparatus and method for treating cardiac arrhythmias with no discrete target
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