Percutaneous transmyocardial revascularization marking system
US6030377A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 21, 1996 |
| Grant date | Feb 29, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 21, 2016 |
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- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61B2090/3933
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A system and method of marking percutaneous transmyocardial revascularization channels in a human heart includes inserting a catheter system into the left ventricle of a heart, applying tissue ablative energy through the catheter to create a channel into the heart wall, and introducing an imaging medium to the heart wall proximate the channel for marking the position of that channel for imaging.
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