Device for arranging guidewires around a heart valve
US11684473B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 25, 2019 |
| Grant date | Jun 27, 2023 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 22, 2039 |
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- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61M2025/09125
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A guide wire introduction device for positioning at least one guide wire around a heart valve. The device includes a first catheter provided with a distal deflection system, a second catheter inserted inside the first catheter, at least one lumen capable of causing a guide wire to slide therein and provided with a distal deflection system for deflecting the end thereof through an angle greater than 90°, and a third catheter inserted inside the first catheter. The third catheter has a guide wire capturing device therein and is provided with a distal deflection system.
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