TactiFlex Ablation Catheter, Sensor Enabled

About

TactiFlex

Ablate Efficiently with Predictability and Confidence

The first and only contact force catheter with a flexible tip.

Designed for optimal safety and stability, confident lesion creation and procedural efficiency,the TactiFlex™ Ablation Catheter, Sensor Enabled™ elevates ablation procedures through:

  • proprietary tip design and full integration with the revolutionary EnSite™ X EP System
  • Superior tip stability2,* and excellent signal quality3 during ablation
  • Predictability with intuitive contact force arrow and deflection direction indicator available with the EnSite X EP System4

TactiFlex Ablation Catheter, Sensor Enabled Technology Animation

See a simulation of the flexible tip, stability and contact force measurement through fiber-optic technology.

Perform High-Power Ablation** with Safety and Stability, Confidence and Efficiency

Designed for Optimal Safety and Stability

  • Experience superior stability with a unique, flexible, laser-cut tip - up to 2X greater stability than conventional 56-hole catheters2
  • Apply directed irrigation flow5 to the tip-tissue interface, effectively cooling tissue for safe transmural ablation
  • Lower irrigation rate*** while ablating up to 50W to reduce fluid loading


Confident Lesion Creation

  • Ablate with the proven performance of the Abbott contact force platform6
  • Optimize contact force measurement through fiber-optic technology
  • High resolution (1g) real-time (50Hz) force display with thermal compensation and no interference from other catheters


Procedural Efficiency1 from intuitive handling and usability with full EnSite X EP System integration

  • Reduce PVI ablation times by as much as 70%**** with high-power short-duration ablation7
  • Usability and predictability with intuitive contact force arrow and deflection direction indicator4
  • Monitor lesion creation with excellent electrogram signal quality even during RF3


   Lesion Creation
Manuals & Technical Resources

Manuals & Technical Resources

Customer Service

Customer Service

This device is commercially available for use in select international markets.

*Compared to conventional 56-hole catheters
**Up to 50W
*** Compared to TactiCath SE flow rates and compared to SmartTouch SF flow rate above 30W ablation
**** Compared to standard power ablation (50W vs. 30W)

 

References

  1. CL1017540 TactiFlex PAF IDE PMA Report
  2. Ambrosius Nick, Fish Jeffrey, Tranter John, Abbott Laboratories. Flexible, kerfed ablation catheter tip provides superior stability in a bench model [abstract]. In: APHRS 2018: Abstract Book; 2018, October 17-18; Taipei, Taiwan. Abstract nr 1170.
  3. Abbott report 90486839.
  4. Compared to TactiCath SE and EnSite Precision™. Abbott reports 90486839 and 90773365.
  5. Abbott report 90906650.
  6. Same contact force technology as in TactiCath Quartz and TactiCath SE, Abbott report 90702721.
  7. Ptaszek LM et al. Safe and effective delivery of high-power, short-duration radiofrequency ablation lesions with a novel, flexible-tip radiofrequency ablation catheter [abstract]. In: Heart Rhythm 2021: July 28-31, Boston. Heart Rhythm Volume 18, Issue 9, Supplement. Elsevier; 2021. Abstract nr B-PO02-109.

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