The Achieve Mapping Catheter is deployed through the Arctic Front Cardiac CryoAblation Catheter System guide wire lumen enabling the Arctic Front procedure to be performed using a single transseptal puncture with minimal catheter exchanges.
It is available in 15 mm and 20 mm loop diameters, enabling physicians to map electrical conduction between the left atrium and pulmonary veins in order to assess pulmonary vein potentials before, during and after cryoablation with Arctic Front.
Medtronic said the Arctic Front Cardiac CryoAblation Catheter System is designed to be used with fluoroscopy and does not require the use of complex, three-dimensional mapping systems.
The technologies currently offered in the system include – The Arctic Front Cryoballoon, which inflates and fills with coolant to ablate the tissue where the pulmonary veins enter the left atrium; The FlexCath Steerable Sheath, which helps deliver and position the cryocatheter in the left atrium.
Further a single-point Freezor MAX Cardiac CryoAblation Catheter will provide additional ablations, as needed; and the CryoConsole houses the coolant, electrical and mechanical components that run the catheters during a cryoablation procedure.
