Patents Assigned to Biotronik Mess- und Therapieger{haeck over (a)}te GmbH & Co. Ingenieurbüro Berlin
  • Patent number: 6764486
    Abstract: An ablation device for cardiac tissue, especially for forming a circular lesion around a vessel orifice in the heart, comprises a steerable catheter that is provided in the region of its distal end with an abutment device for holding the distal end of the catheter on a cardiac vessel orifice; and a linear ablation applicator that is disposed distally or proximally relative to the abutment device of the catheter and can be brought from a straight passive position into a radially expanded, approximately circular-arc-type encircling ablation position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2004
    Assignee: Biotronik Mess- und Therapieger{haeck over (a)}te GmbH & Co. Ingenieurbüro Berlin
    Inventor: Andrea Natale