Patents by Inventor Christopher Beeckler
Christopher Beeckler has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Publication number: 20220117654Abstract: An irrigated needle electrode ablation catheter has a distal tip section with a tip electrode, a needle electrode assembly longitudinal movable relative to the catheter, and a needle centering insert in a channel in the tip electrode. The assembly has a proximal tubing and a distal needle electrode, and the insert supports the needle electrode in the channel at a predetermined separation distance from the tip electrode while enabling irrigation to flow circumferentially around the needle electrode through the channel and exit at the distal end of the tip electrode. The catheter also provides a first dedicated fluid pathway through the assembly and exits at the distal end of the needle electrode, and a second dedicated fluid pathway to supply fluid to the channel in the tip electrode, wherein the second pathway is defined by a guide tube and directed by a plunger member.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 29, 2021Publication date: April 21, 2022Inventors: Christopher Beeckler, Athanassios Papaioannou, Rowan Hettel, Maribeth Esguerra Wilczynski
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Patent number: 11213343Abstract: An irrigated needle electrode ablation catheter has a distal tip section with a tip electrode, a needle electrode assembly longitudinal movable relative to the catheter, and a needle centering insert in a channel in the tip electrode. The assembly has a proximal tubing and a distal needle electrode, and the insert supports the needle electrode in the channel at a predetermined separation distance from the tip electrode while enabling irrigation to flow circumferentially around the needle electrode through the channel and exit at the distal end of the tip electrode. The catheter also provides a first dedicated fluid pathway through the assembly and exits at the distal end of the needle electrode, and a second dedicated fluid pathway to supply fluid to the channel in the tip electrode, wherein the second pathway is defined by a guide tube and directed by a plunger member.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2019Date of Patent: January 4, 2022Assignee: Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd.Inventors: Christopher Beeckler, Athanassios Papaioannou, Rowan Hettel, Maribeth Esguerra Wilczynski
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Patent number: 10687888Abstract: An irrigated needle electrode ablation catheter has a distal tip section with a tip electrode, a needle electrode assembly longitudinal movable relative to the catheter, and a needle centering insert in a channel in the tip electrode. The assembly has a proximal tubing and a distal needle electrode, and the insert supports the needle electrode in the channel at a predetermined separation distance from the tip electrode while enabling irrigation to flow circumferentially around the needle electrode through the channel and exit at the distal end of the tip electrode. The catheter also provides a first dedicated fluid pathway through the assembly and exits at the distal end of the needle electrode, and a second dedicated fluid pathway to supply fluid to the channel in the tip electrode, wherein the second pathway is defined by a guide tube and directed by a plunger member.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2017Date of Patent: June 23, 2020Assignee: Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd.Inventors: Christopher Beeckler, Athanassios Papaioannou, Rowan Hettel, Maribeth Esguerra Wilczynski
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Publication number: 20200085493Abstract: An irrigated needle electrode ablation catheter has a distal tip section with a tip electrode, a needle electrode assembly longitudinal movable relative to the catheter, and a needle centering insert in a channel in the tip electrode. The assembly has a proximal tubing and a distal needle electrode, and the insert supports the needle electrode in the channel at a predetermined separation distance from the tip electrode while enabling irrigation to flow circumferentially around the needle electrode through the channel and exit at the distal end of the tip electrode. The catheter also provides a first dedicated fluid pathway through the assembly and exits at the distal end of the needle electrode, and a second dedicated fluid pathway to supply fluid to the channel in the tip electrode, wherein the second pathway is defined by a guide tube and directed by a plunger member.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2019Publication date: March 19, 2020Inventors: Christopher Beeckler, Athanassios Papaioannou, Rowan Hettel, Maribeth Esguerra Wilczynski
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Publication number: 20190183570Abstract: An electrophysiologic catheter with an improved control handle is provided. The catheter includes a heat transfer assembly to better dissipate heat in the control handle. The heat transfer assembly includes a pump, a reservoir containing a coolant, a heat transfer member, and a coolant transport network transporting coolant between at least the reservoir and the heat transfer member. In one embodiment, the heat transfer member is located within the control handle as a heat exchanger on the circuit board to receive the coolant for transferring heat from the integrated circuits to the coolant. In another embodiment, the heat transfer member is located on the circuit board directly surrounding the integrated circuits to internally cool the integrated circuit within the control handle. A second heat transfer member is located outside of the control handle as a heat exchanger.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2019Publication date: June 20, 2019Inventors: Eduardo Jimenez, Jeffrey W. Schultz, Rogelio Plascencia, JR., Mario Solis, Arnold Tuason, Christopher Beeckler, Ariel Garcia, Assaf Govari, Yaron Ephrath, Dean Ponzi
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Patent number: 10213254Abstract: An electrophysiologic catheter with an improved control handle is provided. The catheter includes a heat transfer assembly to better dissipate heat in the control handle. The heat transfer assembly includes a pump, a reservoir containing a coolant, a heat transfer member, and a coolant transport network transporting coolant between at least the reservoir and the heat transfer member. In one embodiment, the heat transfer member is located within the control handle as a heat exchanger on the circuit board to receive the coolant for transferring heat from the integrated circuits to the coolant. In another embodiment, the heat transfer member is located on the circuit board directly surrounding the integrated circuits to internally cool the integrated circuit within the control handle. A second heat transfer member is located outside of the control handle as a heat exchanger.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2016Date of Patent: February 26, 2019Assignee: Biosense Webster, Inc.Inventors: Eduardo Jimenez, Jeffrey W. Schultz, Rogelio Plascencia, Jr., Mario Solis, Arnold Tuason, Christopher Beeckler, Ariel Garcia, Assaf Govari, Yaron Ephrath, Dean Ponzi
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Patent number: 9848943Abstract: An irrigated needle electrode ablation catheter has a distal tip section with a tip electrode, a needle electrode assembly longitudinal movable relative to the catheter, and a needle centering insert in a channel in the tip electrode. The assembly has a proximal tubing and a distal needle electrode, and the insert supports the needle electrode in the channel at a predetermined separation distance from the tip electrode while enabling irrigation to flow circumferentially around the needle electrode through the channel and exit at the distal end of the tip electrode. The catheter also provides a first dedicated fluid pathway through the assembly and exits at the distal end of the needle electrode, and a second dedicated fluid pathway to supply fluid to the channel in the tip electrode, wherein the second pathway is defined by a guide tube and directed by a plunger member.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 2014Date of Patent: December 26, 2017Assignee: Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd.Inventors: Christopher Beeckler, Athanassios Papaioannou, Rowan Hettel, Maribeth Esguerra Wilczynski
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Publication number: 20170348046Abstract: An irrigated needle electrode ablation catheter has a distal tip section with a tip electrode, a needle electrode assembly longitudinal movable relative to the catheter, and a needle centering insert in a channel in the tip electrode. The assembly has a proximal tubing and a distal needle electrode, and the insert supports the needle electrode in the channel at a predetermined separation distance from the tip electrode while enabling irrigation to flow circumferentially around the needle electrode through the channel and exit at the distal end of the tip electrode. The catheter also provides a first dedicated fluid pathway through the assembly and exits at the distal end of the needle electrode, and a second dedicated fluid pathway to supply fluid to the channel in the tip electrode, wherein the second pathway is defined by a guide tube and directed by a plunger member.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2017Publication date: December 7, 2017Inventors: Christopher Beeckler, Athanassios Papaioannou, Rowan Hettel, Maribeth Esguerra Wilczynski
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Publication number: 20160199129Abstract: An electrophysiologic catheter with an improved control handle is provided. The catheter includes a heat transfer assembly to better dissipate heat in the control handle. The heat transfer assembly includes a pump, a reservoir containing a coolant, a heat transfer member, and a coolant transport network transporting coolant between at least the reservoir and the heat transfer member. In one embodiment, the heat transfer member is located within the control handle as a heat exchanger on the circuit board to receive the coolant for transferring heat from the integrated circuits to the coolant. In another embodiment, the heat transfer member is located on the circuit board directly surrounding the integrated circuits to internally cool the integrated circuit within the control handle. A second heat transfer member is located outside of the control handle as a heat exchanger.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 17, 2016Publication date: July 14, 2016Inventors: Eduardo Jimenez, Jeffrey W. Schultz, Rogelio Plascencia, JR., Mario Solis, Arnold Tuason, Christopher Beeckler, Ariel Garcia, Assaf Govari, Yaron Ephrath, Dean Ponzi
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Publication number: 20160183838Abstract: A medical probe, including a flexible insertion tube having a distal end for insertion into a body cavity. An array of spatially separated coils is positioned within the distal end. A processor is configured to process respective signals generated by the coils in response to magnetic resonance of tissue in the body cavity, and to process the signals while applying a phase delay responsive to a separation between the coils so as to image the tissue.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 4, 2016Publication date: June 30, 2016Inventors: Assaf GOVARI, Andres Claudio ALTMANN, Yitzhack SCHWARTZ, Christopher BEECKLER
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Publication number: 20160113582Abstract: A catheter adapted for greater mapping resolution and location precision has a basket-shaped, high density electrode assembly for large-area mapping, and an integrated distal tip providing an array of ultra-high density microelectrodes for acute focal mapping. The basket-shaped electrode assembly 18 has a plurality of electrode-carrying spines and the distal tip has a nonmetallic, electrically insulating substrate body with indentations in which microelectrodes are positioned in a manner that the outer surface is generally flush with the outer surface of the substrate body to present a generally smooth, atraumatic distal tip profile.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2014Publication date: April 28, 2016Inventors: Andres Claudio Altmann, Assaf Govari, Christopher Beeckler, Rowan Hettel
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Patent number: 9314208Abstract: A catheter adapted for greater mapping resolution and location precision has a basket-shaped, high density electrode assembly for large-area mapping, and an integrated distal tip providing an array of ultra-high density microelectrodes for acute focal mapping. The basket-shaped electrode assembly 18 has a plurality of electrode-carrying spines and the distal tip has a nonmetallic, electrically insulating substrate body with indentations in which microelectrodes are positioned in a manner that the outer surface is generally flush with the outer surface of the substrate body to present a generally smooth, atraumatic distal tip profile.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2014Date of Patent: April 19, 2016Assignee: Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd.Inventors: Andres Claudio Altmann, Assaf Govari, Christopher Beeckler, Rowan Hettel
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Patent number: 9289259Abstract: An electrophysiologic catheter with an improved control handle is provided. The catheter includes a heat transfer assembly to better dissipate heat in the control handle. The heat transfer assembly includes a pump, a reservoir containing a coolant, a heat transfer member, and a coolant transport network transporting coolant between at least the reservoir and the heat transfer member. In one embodiment, the heat transfer member is located within the control handle as a heat exchanger on the circuit board to receive the coolant for transferring heat from the integrated circuits to the coolant. In another embodiment, the heat transfer member is located on the circuit board directly surrounding the integrated circuits to internally cool the integrated circuit within the control handle. A second heat transfer member is located outside of the control handle as a heat exchanger.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2015Date of Patent: March 22, 2016Assignee: Biosense Webster, Inc.Inventors: Eduardo Jimenez, Jeffrey W. Schultz, Rogelio Plascencia, Jr., Mario {grave over ( )} Solis, Arnold Tuason, Christopher Beeckler, Ariel Garcia, Assaf Govari, Yaron Ephrath, Dean Ponzi
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Publication number: 20150297290Abstract: An irrigated needle electrode ablation catheter has a distal tip section with a tip electrode, a needle electrode assembly longitudinal movable relative to the catheter, and a needle centering insert in a channel in the tip electrode. The assembly has a proximal tubing and a distal needle electrode, and the insert supports the needle electrode in the channel at a predetermined separation distance from the tip electrode while enabling irrigation to flow circumferentially around the needle electrode through the channel and exit at the distal end of the tip electrode. The catheter also provides a first dedicated fluid pathway through the assembly and exits at the distal end of the needle electrode, and a second dedicated fluid pathway to supply fluid to the channel in the tip electrode, wherein the second pathway is defined by a guide tube and directed by a plunger member.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 18, 2014Publication date: October 22, 2015Inventors: Christopher Beeckler, Athanassios Papaioannou, Rowan Hettel, Maribeth Esguerra Wilczynski
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Publication number: 20150190196Abstract: An electrophysiologic catheter with an improved control handle is provided. The catheter includes a heat transfer assembly to better dissipate heat in the control handle. The heat transfer assembly includes a pump, a reservoir containing a coolant, a heat transfer member, and a coolant transport network transporting coolant between at least the reservoir and the heat transfer member. In one embodiment, the heat transfer member is located within the control handle as a heat exchanger on the circuit board to receive the coolant for transferring heat from the integrated circuits to the coolant. In another embodiment, the heat transfer member is located on the circuit board directly surrounding the integrated circuits to internally cool the integrated circuit within the control handle. A second heat transfer member is located outside of the control handle as a heat exchanger.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2015Publication date: July 9, 2015Inventors: Eduardo Jimenez, Jeffrey W. Schultz, Rogelio Plascencia, JR., Mario ` Solis, Arnold Tuason, Christopher Beeckler, Ariel Garcia, Assaf Govari, Yaron Ephrath, Dean Ponzi
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Publication number: 20150157405Abstract: A catheter that creates enhanced lesions uses a needle electrode assembly and employs diffuse reflectance optical spectroscopy, including optical transmissive and refractive spectroscopy before, during or after ablation to assess tissue attributes, including malignancy and/or necrosis. The catheter comprises an elongated catheter body, a control handle, and a longitudinally movable needle electrode assembly and one or more optical wave guides extending from the control handle and through the catheter body, wherein the needle electrode assembly is adapted for penetrating and ablating tissue at a distal end of the catheter and at least one optical waveguide is adapted to collect light refracted from the tissue at or near the distal end of the catheter. An integrated ablation and spectroscopy system of the present invention comprises an RF generator, a light source and a light analyzer adapted to analyze the light collected by the at least one waveguide.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2013Publication date: June 11, 2015Inventor: Christopher Beeckler
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Patent number: 8986303Abstract: An electrophysiologic catheter with an improved control handle is provided. The catheter includes a heat transfer assembly to better dissipate heat in the control handle. The heat transfer assembly includes a pump, a reservoir containing a coolant, a heat transfer member, and a coolant transport network transporting coolant between at least the reservoir and the heat transfer member. In one embodiment, the heat transfer member is located within the control handle as a heat exchanger on the circuit board to receive the coolant for transferring heat from the integrated circuits to the coolant. In another embodiment, the heat transfer member is located on the circuit board directly surrounding the integrated circuits to internally cool the integrated circuit within the control handle. A second heat transfer member is located outside of the control handle as a heat exchanger.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2010Date of Patent: March 24, 2015Assignee: Biosense Webster, Inc.Inventors: Eduardo Jimenez, Jeffrey W. Schultz, Rogelio Plascencia, Jr., Mario Solis, Arnold Tuason, Christopher Beeckler, Ariel Garcia, Assaf Govari, Yaron Ephrath, Dean Ponzi
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Patent number: 8608735Abstract: A medical device includes an insertion shaft, having a longitudinal axis and having a distal end adapted for insertion into a body of a patient. A resilient end section is fixed to the distal end of the insertion shaft and is formed so as to define, when unconstrained, an arc oriented obliquely relative to the axis and having a center of curvature on the axis. One or more electrodes are disposed at respective locations along the end section.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2009Date of Patent: December 17, 2013Assignee: Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd.Inventors: Assaf Govari, Shahram Moaddeb, Michael Olen Zirkle, Christopher Beeckler, Philippa Hill, Andres Claudio Altmann
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Patent number: 8600472Abstract: Cardiac catheters, including a lasso catheter, are provided for use in a system for electrical mapping and ablation of the heart has an array of raised, circumferential ring bump electrodes wherein each circumferential electrode has multiple perforations, which are in fluid communication with a cavity or chamber formed under the surface of the circumferential ring. The cavity is formed 360° around the outer surface or loop lumen of the lasso segment of the catheter which is in fluid communication with a breach hole (or holes) drilled through loop lumen and in fluid communication with an irrigating lumen. Each circumferential ring has a breach hole (or holes) that range from smaller to larger from the proximal end of the loop segment to the distal end of the loop segment in one embodiment.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2010Date of Patent: December 3, 2013Assignee: Biosense Webster (Israel), Ltd.Inventors: Assaf Govari, Athanassios Papaioannou, Christopher Beeckler
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Patent number: 8475450Abstract: Cardiac catheters, including a lasso catheter, are provided for use in a system for electrical mapping of the heart has an array of raised, perforated electrodes, which are in fluid communication with an irrigating lumen. There are position sensors on a distal loop section and on a proximal base section of the catheter. The electrodes are sensing electrodes that may be adapted for pacing or ablation. The raised electrodes securely contact cardiac tissue, forming electrical connections having little resistance.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2008Date of Patent: July 2, 2013Assignee: Biosense Webster, Inc.Inventors: Assaf Govari, Athanassios Papaioannou, Christopher Beeckler