US 12,390,204 B2
Cardiac mask device and process for making the cardiac mask
Bernardo Innocenti, Ixelles (BE); and Carlo De Asmundis, Dworp (BE)
Filed by Bernardo Innocenti, Ixelles (BE); and Carlo De Asmundis, Dworp (BE)
Filed on Sep. 30, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/937,049.
Claims priority of application No. 102021000025157 (IT), filed on Sep. 30, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0108320 A1, Apr. 4, 2024
Int. Cl. A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61N 1/362 (2006.01); A61B 18/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/00234 (2013.01) [A61N 1/3621 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00243 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00929 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00577 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A cardiac mask configured for use in a cardiac ablation of a heart;
comprising at least an opening configured to leave in view and not overlap at least a zone of interest identifying a portion of the heart being ablated; and
made of an electrically or thermally insulating material; and
said mask defines a first face opposed to a second face, the first face suitable to be placed proximal and facing the heart and the second face suitable to be placed distal from the heart and facing away from the heart and configured to be in view during the cardiac ablation;
said first face being counter-shaped to a zone of non-interest of said heart, surrounding at least partially the zone of interest and comprising at least a portion of said heart not subject to said cardiac ablation, so as to be configured to overlap and rest only on said zone of non-interest of said heart, thereby concealing said zone of non-interest from view during said cardiac ablation.