US 12,004,805 B2
Tissue mapping and treatment
Brian Schuler, York, PA (US); David Bernstein, York, PA (US); David G. Matsuura, Solana Beach, CA (US); Phillip J. Simpson, Solana Beach, CA (US); and Patricia Ellen Eisenhardt, San Clemente, CA (US)
Assigned to SCHULER SCIENTIFIC SOLUTIONS, LLC, York, PA (US)
Filed by SCHULER SCIENTIFIC SOLUTIONS, LLC, York, PA (US)
Filed on Sep. 5, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/461,431.
Application 18/461,431 is a continuation of application No. 15/396,309, filed on Dec. 30, 2016, granted, now 11,771,491.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/273,268, filed on Dec. 30, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2023/0414278 A1, Dec. 28, 2023
Int. Cl. A61B 18/14 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/287 (2021.01); A61B 18/02 (2006.01); A61B 18/00 (2006.01); A61M 25/09 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 18/1492 (2013.01) [A61B 5/00 (2013.01); A61B 5/287 (2021.01); A61B 5/6858 (2013.01); A61B 18/02 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00041 (2013.01); A61B 2018/0022 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00267 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00351 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00577 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00642 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00791 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00839 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00982 (2013.01); A61B 2018/0212 (2013.01); A61M 25/09 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A mapping overlay of a mapping catheter, the mapping overlay comprising:
an elongate, flexible tubular body;
a mesh of wires forming a tubular sidewall of a cavity configured to self-expand and receive a device therein, the mesh of wires comprising:
a first plurality of wires, and
a second plurality of wires formed of a different material than the first plurality of wires, wherein the first plurality of wires and the second plurality of wires are braided to form the mesh of wires, wherein expansion of the mesh of wires is shape set;
a plurality of electrodes on the first plurality of wires;
a connector coupled to a distal end of the mesh of wires, the connector comprising a lumen extending through the connector to permit a wire to extend past a distal end of the connector; and
a catheter body coupled to the mesh of wires, the catheter body comprising:
one or more inner layers,
one or more outer layers being coupled to the one or more inner layers such that the one or more outer layers are axially fixed relative to the one or more inner layers, and
a lumen extending through the catheter body and opening into the cavity to permit the device to be expanded within the cavity;
wherein at least a portion of the mesh of wires is located between the one or more inner layers and the one or more outer layers, and the mesh of wires extends past a distal end of the catheter body.