ABLATION EQUIPMENT TO TREAT TARGET REGIONS OF TISSUE IN ORGANS

• Main Authors: WERNETH, Randell L, ZARBATANY, David, ROMAN, Ricardo David
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 13.07.2022
• Subjects: DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY; DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR; DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROMTHE BODY; DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; IDENTIFICATION; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; SURGERY

The present invention relates to an ablation equipment (100) to treat target regions of tissue (41) in organs (44), comprising an ablation catheter (1) and a single power source (4);said ablation catheter (1) comprising:a catheter elongated shaft (13) comprising at least an elongated shaft distal portion (17);said catheter elongated shaft (13) comprising a flexible body (207) to navigate through body vessels (208);said ablation catheter (1) further comprising a shaft ablation assembly (20) disposed at said elongated shaft distal portion (17);said shaft ablation assembly (2) comprising at least a plurality of electrodes (127, 113 or 114) fixedly disposed at said elongated shaft distal portion (17);all electrodes of said at least a plurality (127, 113 or 114) being electrically powered by said single power source (4) through an electric signal (S) to deliver both non-thermal energy for treating the tissue (41) and thermal energy for ablating the tissue (41);whereinsaid single power source (4), when requested, changes continuously said electric signal (S) in order to power the said least a plurality of electrodes (127, 113 or 114) to deliver from a non-thermal energy to a thermal energy, and vice versa, or to deliver at the same time a combination of thermal energy and non-thermal energy.