FARAWAVE Pulsed Field Ablation (PFA) Catheter in flower position facing up and to the right.

FARAWAVE™ Pulsed Field Ablation Catheter

Name: FARAWAVE™ PFA Catheter - FARAPULSE™ PFA Platform
Brand: Boston Scientific

FARAWAVE is an over-the-wire pulsed field ablation (PFA) catheter with two form factors—basket and flower—designed to effectively ablate a wide range of unique patient anatomies. It enables pulmonary vein isolation (PVI) in patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (AF) and supports both PVI and posterior wall ablation (PWA) in patients with persistent AF (PersAF).

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How it works

FARAWAVE delivers a proprietary waveform to preferentially ablate cardiomyocytes, which have lower thresholds to electric field damage than surrounding tissue—treating atrial fibrillation (AFib) effectively while minimizing risk of thermal complications.

Why choose FARAWAVE Pulsed Field Ablation Catheter

Optimized catheter design

The FARAWAVE PFA Catheter has been optimized to achieve catheter placement in a wide range of pulmonary vein (PV) and posterior wall (PW) anatomies to address PFA energy delivery needs without the need to manually manage electrode activation.

Featuring two different form factors (basket and flower positions), the FARAWAVE PFA Catheter is purposefully designed to optimize:

Maneuverability
Placement in variable-anatomy veins
PV and PW application
Standardized electrode activation (manual electrode activation is not required)

Non-thermal ablation

FARAWAVE uses a proprietary waveform to preferentially ablate cardiac cells—reducing the risk of collateral structure damage.

ADVENT trial: FARAPULSE met all primary endpoints for safety and efficacy¹ (posterior probability >0.999)
MANIFEST-17K Registry (17,000+ pts): no reported esophageal fistula, permanent phrenic nerve palsy, and pulmonary vein stenosis.²

Optimized delivery

The FARAPULSE dosing protocol delivers durable lesions via a streamlined workflow using multiple distal shapes in a prescribed series with a single catheter.

Propensity-Matched Study: PV reconnection rate significantly lower for FARAPULSE vs. cryoballoon ablation and radiofrequency ablation.³
FARAWAVE™ Pulsed Field Ablation Catheter is the only PFA catheter that can create a 40x31mm lesion on the posterior wall with two applications⁴

Predictable and reproducible workflow

The FARAPULSE workflow is predictable and reproducible, while reducing procedural duration variability.

PFA ablation time significantly lower, with an average reduction of 42% vs. thermal ablation.¹

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FARADRIVE™ Steerable Sheath

FARAWAVE PFA Catheter technical specifications

Feature	Specifications
Catheter type	Over-the-wire
Shaft diameter	12F
Distal diameter	31 mm; 35 mm
Usable length	115 cm
Number of electrodes	20
Guidewire compatibility	0.035” diameter, 180 cm minimum length
Sheath compatibility	FARADRIVE Steerable Sheath, 74 cm length REF M004PF21M402

FARAWAVE PFA Catheter ordering information

Product description	Reference number
FARAWAVE PFA Catheter 31 mm (distal diameter)	M004PF41M401
FARAWAVE PFA Catheter 35 mm (distal diameter)	M004PF41M402

Accessories

Product description	Reference number
FARASTAR catheter connection cable for FARAWAVE	M004PF41M434
Merit inqWire	IQ35F180J1O5RS

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Product specifications

FARAPULSE™ Pulsed Field Ablation System product specification sheet

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FARAPULSE™ Pulsed Field Ablation System brochure

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* Baylis Medical Company Radiofrequency Puncture Generator RFP-100A. Baylis Medical Company is a wholly owned subsidiary of Boston Scientific Corporation.

References:

1. Reddy VY, Gerstenfeld EP, Natale A, et al., Pulsed field or conventional thermal ablation for paroxysmal atrial fibrillation. New England Journal of Medicine. 2023;Nov2;389(18):1660-1671. doi:10.1056/NEJMoa2307291

2. Ekanem, E., Neuzil, P., Reichlin, T. et al. Safety of pulsed field ablation in more than 17,000 patients with atrial fibrillation in the MANIFEST-17K study. Nat Med (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-024-03114-3

3. Della Rocca DG, Marcon L, Magnocavallo M, et al., Pulsed electric field, cryoballoon, and radiofrequency for paroxysmal atrial fibrillation ablation: a propensity score-matched comparison, EP Europace, 2024;Jan26(1) euae016. doi.org/10.1093/europace/euae016

4. Watanabe, Keita, et al., Lesion Morphometry of the Pentaspline Catheter: Understanding Catheter Pose, Rotation, and Dosing. Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol. 2024;17(12):e013208.

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