US 12,114,920 B2
Inflatable sleeve multi-electrode catheter
Assaf Govari, Haifa (IL)
Assigned to Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd., Yokneam (IL)
Filed by Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd., Yokneam (IL)
Filed on Sep. 10, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/017,206.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/924,394, filed on Oct. 22, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0113263 A1, Apr. 22, 2021
Int. Cl. A61B 18/14 (2006.01); A61B 18/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 18/1492 (2013.01) [A61B 2018/00059 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00214 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00577 (2013.01); A61B 2018/1405 (2013.01); A61B 2018/1467 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus, comprising:
a shaft configured for insertion through a sheath into a cavity of an organ of a patient; and
an inflatable sleeve catheter fixed to a distal end of the shaft, the inflatable sleeve catheter comprising:
a resilient inner end section, which is fixed to the distal end of the shaft and is formed so as to assume a predefined shape when unconstrained, the predefined shape comprising a straight base segment and an arcuated segment;
an inflatable sleeve that envelopes the resilient inner end section from a distal end of the shaft, along the straight base segment, and along the arcuated segment to a distal end of the apparatus; and
a plurality of electrodes that are disposed over the inflatable sleeve and are configured to contact tissue.