US 12,150,751 B2
Catheter splines with embedded circuit elements
Assaf Govari, Haifa (IL); Andres Claudio Altmann, Haifa (IL); Christopher Thomas Beeckler, Brea, CA (US); and Joseph Thomas Keyes, Glendora, CA (US)
Assigned to Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd., Yokneam (IL)
Filed by Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd., Yokneam (IL)
Filed on Jan. 11, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/145,449.
Application 17/145,449 is a division of application No. 15/376,807, filed on Dec. 13, 2016, granted, now 10,918,306.
Prior Publication US 2021/0128010 A1, May 6, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/05 (2021.01); A61B 5/06 (2006.01); A61B 5/287 (2021.01); A61B 8/08 (2006.01); A61B 18/00 (2006.01); A61B 18/14 (2006.01); H05K 1/02 (2006.01); H05K 1/11 (2006.01); H05K 1/16 (2006.01); H05K 3/00 (2006.01); H05K 3/46 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 34/20 (2016.01)
CPC A61B 5/062 (2013.01) [A61B 5/287 (2021.01); A61B 5/6858 (2013.01); A61B 5/6859 (2013.01); A61B 5/6886 (2013.01); A61B 8/0841 (2013.01); A61B 18/1492 (2013.01); H05K 1/028 (2013.01); H05K 1/11 (2013.01); H05K 1/165 (2013.01); H05K 3/0044 (2013.01); H05K 3/4644 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0011 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00077 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00267 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00351 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00577 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00642 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00839 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00875 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00988 (2013.01); A61B 2034/2051 (2016.02); A61B 2562/0204 (2013.01); A61B 2562/0209 (2013.01); A61B 2562/0223 (2013.01); A61B 2562/125 (2013.01); H05K 2201/10151 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for producing an invasive probe, comprising:
(a) providing an insertion tube with a distal end, which is configured for insertion into a body;
(b) depositing multiple, successive layers of metal traces and dielectric material on a flexible polymer substrate to produce a flexible printed circuit board, including a conductive trace that is formed in at least one of the layers and is configured to define one or more coils, the flexible printed circuit board configured with an outward facing surface and an inward facing surface;
(c) coupling electrodes to the flexible printed circuit board, the electrodes being disposed on the outward facing surface such that the electrodes are configured for contact with body tissue at respective locations within the body;
(d) providing each of the one or more coils on the inward facing surface of the flexible printed circuit board such that the coils are not configured for contact with the body tissue when the electrodes disposed on the outward facing surface are in contact with the body tissue; and
(e) separating the flexible printed circuit board into a plurality of ribbons configured to be deployed as flexible splines from the distal end of the insertion tube, each flexible spline including at least one of the electrodes and one of the coils.