US 12,329,360 B2
Methods and apparatus for treatment of atrial fibrillation
Vahid Saadat, Atherton, CA (US); Ruey-Feng Peh, Singapore (SG); Edmund Tam, Mountain View, CA (US); and Christopher A. Rothe, San Mateo, CA (US)
Assigned to INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC., Sunnyvale, CA (US)
Filed by INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC., Sunnyvale, CA (US)
Filed on Jun. 29, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/852,635.
Application 17/852,635 is a continuation of application No. 15/594,318, filed on May 12, 2017, granted, now 11,406,250.
Application 15/594,318 is a continuation of application No. 11/775,819, filed on Jul. 10, 2007, abandoned.
Application 11/775,819 is a continuation in part of application No. 11/259,498, filed on Oct. 25, 2005, granted, now 7,860,555, issued on Dec. 28, 2010.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/806,926, filed on Jul. 10, 2006.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/806,923, filed on Jul. 10, 2006.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/806,924, filed on Jul. 10, 2006.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/649,246, filed on Feb. 2, 2005.
Prior Publication US 2022/0338712 A1, Oct. 27, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61B 1/005 (2006.01); A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/015 (2006.01); A61B 1/018 (2006.01); A61B 1/04 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/02 (2006.01); A61B 8/12 (2006.01); A61B 18/02 (2006.01); A61B 90/30 (2016.01)
CPC A61B 1/005 (2013.01) [A61B 1/0008 (2013.01); A61B 1/00082 (2013.01); A61B 1/00085 (2013.01); A61B 1/00089 (2013.01); A61B 1/00097 (2022.02); A61B 1/015 (2013.01); A61B 1/018 (2013.01); A61B 1/04 (2013.01); A61B 5/02007 (2013.01); A61B 5/6882 (2013.01); A61B 5/0031 (2013.01); A61B 8/12 (2013.01); A61B 2018/0212 (2013.01); A61B 90/30 (2016.02)] 20 Claims
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1. A manipulation assembly comprising:
a delivery catheter having a lumen extending therethrough, the delivery catheter being manipulatable within multiple planes;
a deployment catheter positioned within the lumen of the delivery catheter, the deployment catheter being independently manipulatable with respect to the delivery catheter, the deployment catheter including a first lumen and a second lumen;
an elongate, flexible visualization element positioned within the first lumen of the deployment catheter and extendable distally beyond the delivery catheter, the visualization element being articulatable with respect to the delivery catheter;
an ablation probe positioned within the second lumen of the deployment catheter, the ablation probe being extendable distally beyond the deployment catheter and positionable off-axis with respect to a longitudinal axis of the delivery catheter; and
an illumination tool routed through the deployment catheter, the illumination tool being manipulatable with respect to the delivery catheter.