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US 12,364,530 · App. 18/091,757 · Granted Jul 22, 2025

Ablation catheter having a shape memory stylet

Inventors: Alexei Babkin (Dana Point, CA); Pedram Nourian (Tustin, CA); Meital Mazor (San Diego, CA); Faysal S. Ahmed (Irvine, CA); David Cabrita (Brussels, BE)
Assignee: Adagio Medical, Inc.
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Patent No.
US 12,364,530
App. No.
18/091,757
Granted
Jul 22, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An ablation apparatus for creating a lesion in target tissue, the ablation apparatus having an ablation shaft including a handle, a first portion, an ablation portion, distal tip, at least one ablation energy delivery lumen, at least one ablation energy return lumen, and a stylet lumen that extends substantially along a length of the ablation shaft from the handle to at least the ablation portion. The ablation apparatus also includes a stylet that is capable of being inserted into the stylet lumen where the stylet is made of a shape-memory material.

Claims (19)

1. An ablation treatment method for creating a lesion in a target tissue in a body of a patient, the method comprising the following steps:

performing freezing experiments to determine shape-setting heat treatments, wherein expansion of a test stylet is observed for the different shape-setting heat treatments;

providing a plurality of candidate stylets wherein at least one candidate stylet is pre-programmed with an austenite finish (Af) transformation temperature based on the freezing experiments, and wherein the Af transformation temperature is set to prevent expansion of the stylet during freezing;

providing a catheter comprising a catheter handle, an ablation shaft and a flexible distal ablation portion of the ablation shaft;

advancing the ablation shaft to an area of interest within the body of the patient;

choosing a stylet from the plurality of candidate stylets to use;

inserting the chosen stylet through the catheter handle and into a hollow lumen of the ablation shaft until the distal portion of the stylet is in place within said flexible distal ablation portion of the ablation shaft,

wherein, once in place, shape memory characteristics of the distal portion of the chosen stylet cause the distal portion of the chosen stylet to transform into its pre-set shape thereby causing the flexible distal ablation portion of the ablation shaft to transform into a shape corresponding to the distal portion of the chosen stylet; and

proceeding with the ablation treatment to create the lesion.

2. The method as recited in claim 1 , wherein the step of choosing is performed after the ablation shaft is in position.

3. The method as recited in claim 1 , wherein the step of choosing is based on the ablation treatment being performed and the patient's anatomy.

4. The method as recited in claim 1 , wherein the ablation shaft is advanced through a delivery catheter.

5. The method as recited in claim 4 , wherein the area of interest is one area selected from the following: left atrium, right atrium, right ventricle and left ventricle.

6. The method as recited in claim 5 , wherein each stylet of the plurality of stylets corresponds to a treatment selected from the following:

atrial fibrillation, atrial flutter, and ventricular tachycardia.

7. The method as recited in claim 1 , further comprising sensing for electrical activity at the target tissue using the ablation shaft.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the shape-setting heat treatments vary in temperature, time, and quench setting.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the step of proceeding with the ablation treatment to create the lesion comprises cryoablation.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the cryoablation is performed by transporting a cryogen along at least one delivery lumen and return lumen.

Assignments (2)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Aug 6, 2024
From: ADAGIO MEDICAL HOLDINGS, INC.
To: ALLEGRO MANAGEMENT LLC
Reel/Frame 068337/0332 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 5, 2023
From: BABKIN, ALEXEI V; NOURIAN, PEDRAM; AHMED, FAYSAL; MAZOR, MEITAL; CABRITA, DAVID
To: ADAGIO MEDICAL, INC.
Reel/Frame 062286/0773 →
Continuity (5)
Continuation 16121791 · Sep 5, 2018
Provisional Application 62669039 · May 9, 2018
Provisional Application 62575998 · Oct 23, 2017
Provisional Application 62554483 · Sep 5, 2017
Related Publication 20230255673A1 · Aug 17, 2023
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