US 12,064,168 B2
Catheter sensing and irrigating
Doron Harlev, Brookline, MA (US); Ian Collier, Newton, MA (US); Andrew Miles Wallace, Needham, MA (US); and Jonathan Matthew Bond, Melrose, MA (US)
Assigned to AFFERA, INC., Watertown, MA (US)
Filed by Affera, Inc., Watertown, MA (US)
Filed on Oct. 12, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/068,812.
Application 17/068,812 is a continuation of application No. 15/584,709, filed on May 2, 2017, granted, now 10,856,937.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/468,873, filed on Mar. 8, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/468,339, filed on Mar. 7, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/434,073, filed on Dec. 14, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/428,406, filed on Nov. 30, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/424,736, filed on Nov. 21, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/420,610, filed on Nov. 11, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/399,625, filed on Sep. 26, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/399,632, filed on Sep. 26, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/357,704, filed on Jul. 1, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/330,395, filed on May 2, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2021/0093376 A1, Apr. 1, 2021
Int. Cl. A61B 18/14 (2006.01); A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 18/12 (2006.01); A61M 3/02 (2006.01); A61M 25/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 18/00 (2006.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01)
CPC A61B 18/1492 (2013.01) [A61B 1/00087 (2013.01); A61B 5/6843 (2013.01); A61B 5/6852 (2013.01); A61B 18/1206 (2013.01); A61B 18/1233 (2013.01); A61B 18/14 (2013.01); A61B 18/148 (2013.01); A61B 18/1482 (2013.01); A61M 3/0295 (2013.01); A61M 25/001 (2013.01); A61M 25/007 (2013.01); A61M 25/0071 (2013.01); A61M 25/0082 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00039 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00053 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00154 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00477 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00526 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00867 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00011 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00029 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00065 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00077 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00083 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00089 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00101 (2013.01); A61B 2018/0016 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00166 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00214 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00238 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00267 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00351 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00357 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00577 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00642 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00714 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00726 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00744 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00767 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00791 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00797 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00815 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00821 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00839 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00875 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00904 (2013.01); A61B 2018/0091 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00982 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00988 (2013.01); A61B 2018/1417 (2013.01); A61B 2018/1465 (2013.01); A61B 2018/1467 (2013.01); A61B 2090/061 (2016.02); A61B 2090/065 (2016.02); A61B 2090/376 (2016.02); A61B 2090/3966 (2016.02); A61B 2217/007 (2013.01); A61B 2218/002 (2013.01); A61B 2218/003 (2013.01); A61M 2205/0266 (2013.01); A61M 2207/00 (2013.01)] 25 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A catheter, comprising:
a catheter shaft having a proximal end portion and a distal end portion;
an expandable ablation electrode coupled to the distal end portion of the catheter shaft, the expandable ablation electrode comprising struts coupled to one another at joints to define collectively a plurality of cells, wherein—
the expandable ablation electrode comprises a plurality of orifices defined at corresponding joints,
the struts of the expandable ablation electrode are configured to conduct and deliver ablative energy to tissue; and
a sensor carried by the expandable ablation electrode and positioned within one of the orifices, wherein the sensor extends from an exterior surface to an interior surface of the expandable ablation electrode, and wherein the sensor is electrically insulated from the struts of the expandable ablation electrode.