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Atrial Fibrillation

Ultrasound Ablation System Used Successfully In China

Published in Medical Devices and Surgical Technology Week, August 26th, 2001

Irvine Biomedical, Inc. announced that a team of investigators in China has successfully used its Ultrasound Ablation System to treat the pulmonary veins of patients diagnosed with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation.

Dr. Ma Chang Sheng of An Zhen Hospital, Beijing, China, was the team leader in conducting the study. The procedures were performed in three hospitals, the Shanghai East Hospital, the Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital (affiliated with Loma Linda University, California) in Hangzhou, and the Shanghai Chest Hospital. Six patients were treated.

Sheng used the Irvine Biomedical Ultrasound Ablation System to perform ablation in the pulmonary veins. Ma...

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