Abstract: A guiding introducer for the treatment of atrial flutter and/or atrial fibrillation in the right atrium by use of an ablating and/or mapping catheters guided by the guiding introducer. Also disclosed is a predetermined shape for the guiding introducer for use in the treatment of atrial flutter and/or atrial fibrillation in the right atrium.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 27, 1996
Date of Patent:
September 1, 1998
Assignee:
Daig
Inventors:
John F. Swartz, John D. Ockuly, James A. Hassett