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Transvascular TMR device and method
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1996-11-08
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Granted: 2000-03-28
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Expires: 2016-11-08
Abstract
Abstract A catheter assembly for performing transmyocardial revascularization through the coronary arteries or veins, and a method of using this assembly for creating TMR channels through the myocardium coronary artery shunts through the myocardium.
Inventors
- 👤 Timothy J. Ryan
- 👤 Thomas J. Fogarty
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-23 01:26
CPC Classifications
A; A61; A61B; A61B18/00; A61B18/18; A61B18/20; A61B18/22; A61B18/24; A61B18/04; A61B18/12; A61B18/14; A61B18/1492; A61B1/00; A61B1/00163; A61B1/00165; A61B17/00; A61B17/32; A61B18/1477; A61B17/00234; A61B2017/00238; A61B2017/00243; A61B2017/00247; A61B2017/00252; A61B2017/00292; A61B2017/003; A61B2017/00681; A61B2017/00694; A61B2017/00703; A61B17/22; A61B2017/22038; A61B2018/00005; A61B2018/00011; A61B2018/00053; A61B2018/00184; A61B2018/00202; A61B2018/00208; A61B2018/00214; A61B2018/0022; A61B2018/00315; A61B2018/00345; A61B2018/00351; A61B2018/00392; A61B18/1206; A61B2018/1246; A61B2018/1253; A61B2018/126; A61B2018/1405; A61B2018/1425; A61B18/16; A61B2018/162; A61B18/1815; A61B2018/1861; A61B2018/2238; A61B90/00; A61B90/36; A61B90/37; A61B2090/378; A61B2090/3782; A61B2218/00; A61B2218/001; A61B2218/002; A61B2218/007
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 4
Claim 1
Independent Claim
69 words
A device for making channels in heart, said device comprising: a means for channeling throuah the heart; and a means for delivering said means for channeling to the heart through the coronary blood vessels, wherein the means for channeling through the heart comprises an RF catheter having an RF electrode disposed on the distal tip of said RF catheter and an RF generator operably connected to said RF electrode.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
69 words
A device for making channels in heart, said device comprising: a means for channeling throuah the heart; and a means for delivering said means for channeling to the heart through the coronary blood vessels, wherein the means for channeling through the heart comprises an RF catheter having an RF electrode disposed on the distal tip of said RF catheter and an RF generator operably connected to said RF electrode.
Claim 3
Independent Claim
159 words
A device for making channels in heart from the coronary blood vessels of a patient, said device comprising: an RF catheter having an RF electrode disposed on the distal tip of said RF catheter and an RF generator operably connected to said RF electrode; and said RF catheter being housed within a deflecting catheter, said deflecting catheter having a lumen extending from the proximal end of the deflecting catheter to the distal end of the deflecting catheter and terminating near the distal end of the deflecting catheter in a side facing aperture, said RF catheter being slidably disposed with the lumen; wherein the distal end of said deflecting catheter is sized and dimensioned to be inserted into the coronary blood vessels of the patient, and the side facing aperture is positioned on the deflecting catheter so that it communicates with the coronary blood vessel when the distal end of the deflecting catheter is inserted into the coronary blood vessel.
Claim 4
Independent Claim
159 words
A device for making channels in heart from the coronary blood vessels of a patient, said device comprising: an RF catheter having an RF electrode disposed on the distal tip of said RF catheter and an RF generator operably connected to said RF electrode; and said RF catheter being housed within a deflecting catheter, said deflecting catheter having a lumen extending from the proximal end of the deflecting catheter to the distal end of the deflecting catheter and terminating near the distal end of the deflecting catheter in a side facing aperture, said RF catheter being slidably disposed with the lumen; wherein the distal end of said deflecting catheter is sized and dimensioned to be inserted into the coronary blood vessels of the patient, and the side facing aperture is positioned on the deflecting catheter so that it communicates with the coronary blood vessel when the distal end of the deflecting catheter is inserted into the coronary blood vessel.
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