St. Jude Medical Receives FDA Approval for New Bi-Directional Ablation Catheters

St. Jude Medical, Inc. STJ announced today that it has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval of two new irrigated ablation catheters - the Safire BLU™ Bi-directional Irrigated Ablation Catheter and the Therapy™ Cool Path™ bi-directional ablation catheter. These two new catheters have several key design features that offer physicians additional control, including bi-directional deflection, a new shaft with higher torque response, a lower fluid infusion rate when compared to other commercially available irrigated ablation systems, and a choice of handles.