The Therapy Cool Flex ablation catheter is the first catheter with a fully irrigated, flexible tip electrode designed to conform to the cardiac anatomy, reduce operator transmitted force into tissue and provide exceptional cooling performance.
Flexible Irrigated Tip Design
- Revolutionary electrode design allows the ablation tip to flex and conform to beating cardiac tissue which may help promote effective RF energy transfer to the tissue
Exceptional Cooling Performance
- Unique, laser-cut catheter tip electrode is designed to provide an optimal irrigation flow profile for improved cooling performance1
- Four ports on the distal tip enhance cooling when the catheter is in a perpendicular orientation
- When the tip is flexed, the laser-cut tip opens further on one side, directing up to 70% of the irrigation flow toward the tip-to-tissue interface
- Tests demonstrated the average tip temperature is approximately 5º C cooler in comparison to rigid tip catheters2, with the possibility of reduced thrombus, char formation and steam pops.
Reduces Operator Force Transferred into Tissue
- Unique flexible tip design can conform to tissue to establish contact with more surface area than a rigid tip electrode3
- Catheter tip can reduce operator force directed into the tissue
1 Data on file at St. Jude Medical, Report 891607-R
2 Data on file at St. Jude Medical, Therapy™ Cool Path™ Duo Ablation Catheter
3 Data on file at St. Jude Medical, Report 90042968