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Devices for less-invasive intracardiac interventions
Assignee: Heartport Inc
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Filing: 2001-08-28
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Granted: 2003-11-25
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Expires: 2021-08-28
Abstract
Abstract Devices, systems, and methods are provided for accessing the interior of the heart and performing procedures therein while the heart is beating. In one embodiment, a tubular access device having an inner lumen is provided for positioning through a penetration in a muscular wall of the heart, the access device having a means for sealing within the penetration to inhibit leakage of blood through the penetration. The sealing means may comprise a balloon or flange on the access device, or a suture placed in the heart wall to gather the heart tissue against the access device. An obturator is removably positionable in the inner lumen of the access device, the obturator having a cutting means at its distal end for penetrating the muscular wall of the heart. The access device is preferably positioned through an intercostal space and through the muscular wall of the heart. Elongated instruments may be introduced through the tubular access device into an interior chamber of the heart to perform procedures such as septal defect repair and electrophysiological mapping and ablation. A method of septal defect repair includes positioning a tubular access device percutaneously through an intercostal space and through a penetration in a muscular wall of the heart, passing one or more instruments through an inner lumen of the tubular access device into an interior chamber of the heart, and using the instruments to close the septal defect. Devices and methods for closing the septal defect with either sutures or with patch-type devices are disclosed.
Inventors
- 👤 Alex T. Roth
Bibliographic Details
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-23 18:43
CPC Classifications
A; A61; A61B; A61B17/00; A61B17/04; A61B17/0469; A61B17/00234; A61B17/0057; A61B17/02; A61B17/0218; A61B17/06; A61B17/06061; A61B17/32; A61B17/320016; A61B17/34; A61B17/3468; A61B18/00; A61B18/04; A61B18/12; A61B18/14; A61B18/1482; A61B18/1492; A61B90/00; A61B90/50; A61F; A61F2/00; A61F2/02; A61F2/24; A61F2/2427; A61M; A61M25/00; A61M25/10; A61M25/1011; A61M39/00; A61M39/02; A61M39/0247; A61B17/0467; A61B17/28; A61B17/29; A61B17/2909; A61B17/3209; A61B17/3211; A61B17/3417; A61B18/1442; A61B2017/00017; A61B2017/00022; A61B2017/00039; A61B2017/00044; A61B2017/00048; A61B2017/00053; A61B2017/00238; A61B2017/00243; A61B2017/00247; A61B2017/00349; A61B2017/00575; A61B2017/00579; A61B2017/00592; A61B2017/00597; A61B2017/00606; A61B2017/00619; A61B2017/00623; A61B2017/00831; A61B2017/00867; A61B2017/00902; A61B2017/00907; A61B2017/0237; A61B2017/0243; A61B2017/047; A61B2017/0472; A61B2017/0474; A61B2017/0475; A61B2017/2926; A61B2017/2932; A61B2017/2943; A61B2017/2946; A61B17/30; A61B2017/306; A61B17/3403; A61B2017/3405; A61B2017/348; A61B2017/3482; A61B2017/3484; A61B2017/3486; A61B2017/3492; A61B2018/00053; A61B2018/00214; A61B2018/0022; A61B2018/00232; A61B2018/0025; A61B2018/00261; A61B2018/00273; A61B2018/00291; A61B2018/00315; A61B2018/00345; A61B2018/00351; A61B2018/00363; A61B2018/00392; A61B2018/00571; A61B2018/00577; A61B2018/00636; A61B2018/00898; A61B2018/00982; A61B2018/1465; A61B90/36; A61B90/37; A61M25/01; A61M25/02; A61M2025/028; A61M2039/0273; A61M2039/0279; A61M2039/0297; A61M2205/00; A61M2205/33; A61M2205/3331; A61M2205/3344; A61M2205/3355; A61M2205/36; A61M2205/366
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 12
Claim 1
Independent Claim
58 words
A method of locating an existing opening in a patient's heart, comprising: positioning a visualization scope within a sleeve; creating a penetration in a wall of the heart; passing a distal end of the visualization scope into the heart through the penetration; viewing the existing opening through the visualization scope; and positioning the sleeve into the existing opening.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
58 words
A method of locating an existing opening in a patient's heart, comprising: positioning a visualization scope within a sleeve; creating a penetration in a wall of the heart; passing a distal end of the visualization scope into the heart through the penetration; viewing the existing opening through the visualization scope; and positioning the sleeve into the existing opening.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
60 words
The method of claim 1 further comprising the steps of: positioning the visualization scope in a sheath outside the heart such that a distal end of the visualization scope is adjacent to a transparent bulb on a distal end of the sheath; and positioning the sheath in the heart through the sleeve; viewing the existing opening through the transparent bulb.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
32 words
The method of claim 1 further comprising: positioning a repair device through the sleeve while the sleeve is positioned through the existing opening; and closing the existing opening with the repair device.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
19 words
The method of claim 3 wherein the repair device comprises a patch which is secured across the existing opening.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
26 words
The method of claim 1 wherein the visualization scope and the sleeve are positioned through an access cannula extending from outside the chest through the penetration.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
15 words
The method of claim 1 wherein the heart remains beating during each of said steps.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
13 words
The method of claim 1 wherein the existing opening comprises a septal defect.
Claim 9
Independent Claim
96 words
A method of locating an existing opening in a patient's heart, comprising: positioning a visualization scope within a sleeve; creating a penetration in a wall of the heart; passing a distal end of the visualization scope into the heart through the penetration; viewing the existing opening through the visualization scope; positioning the sleeve in the existing opening; positioning a repair device through the sleeve while the sleeve is positioned in the existing opening; and closing the existing opening with the repair device, the repair device comprising a patch, by securing the patch across the existing opening.
Claim 10
Independent Claim
96 words
A method of locating an existing opening in a patient's heart, comprising: positioning a visualization scope within a sleeve; creating a penetration in a wall of the heart; passing a distal end of the visualization scope into the heart through the penetration; viewing the existing opening through the visualization scope; positioning the sleeve in the existing opening; positioning a repair device through the sleeve while the sleeve is positioned in the existing opening; and closing the existing opening with the repair device, the repair device comprising a patch, by securing the patch across the existing opening.
Claim 11
Independent Claim
58 words
A method of locating a septal defect in a patient's heart, comprising: positioning a visualization scope within a sleeve; creating a penetration in a wall of the heart; passing a distal end of the visualization scope into the heart through the penetration; viewing the septal defect through the visualization scope; and positioning the sleeve in the septal defect.
Claim 12
Independent Claim
58 words
A method of locating a septal defect in a patient's heart, comprising: positioning a visualization scope within a sleeve; creating a penetration in a wall of the heart; passing a distal end of the visualization scope into the heart through the penetration; viewing the septal defect through the visualization scope; and positioning the sleeve in the septal defect.
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