US 11,833,350 B2
Systems, devices, and methods for delivery of pulsed electric field ablative energy to esophageal tissue
Raju Viswanathan, Mountain View, CA (US); Gary Long, Cincinnati, OH (US); and Jean-Luc Pageard, Montreal (CA)
Assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US)
Filed by Farapulse, Inc., Menlo Park, CA (US)
Filed on Mar. 30, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/834,135.
Application 16/834,135 is a continuation of application No. 15/965,564, filed on Apr. 27, 2018, granted, now 10,617,867.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/492,032, filed on Apr. 28, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2020/0398050 A1, Dec. 24, 2020
Int. Cl. A61N 1/32 (2006.01); A61B 18/12 (2006.01); A61B 18/14 (2006.01); A61N 1/372 (2006.01); A61B 18/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61N 1/327 (2013.01) [A61B 18/1206 (2013.01); A61B 18/1492 (2013.01); A61N 1/37247 (2013.01); A61N 1/37258 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00154 (2013.01); A61B 2018/0016 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00267 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00285 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00488 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00577 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00613 (2013.01); A61B 2018/1472 (2013.01); A61B 2218/002 (2013.01); A61B 2218/007 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus, comprising:
a coil having a set of loops, each loop of the set of loops including a set of independently addressable electrodes formed on a surface of each of the loops, each electrode having an insulated electrical lead associated herewith, the insulated electrical leads disposed in a body of each of the loops; and
a balloon coupled to the coil, the balloon configured to transition between a deflated configuration and an inflated configuration;
wherein the set of loops are disposed distal to the balloon.