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Cardiac access methods and apparatus

US8311648B1 · kind B1 · utility

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10Claims

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Assignee

PACESETTER, INC. · US

Inventors

Yougandh Chitre · Santa Clara, US
Gene A. Bornzin · Simi Valley, US
John R. Helland · Santa Clarita, US
Eric Falkenberg · Simi Valley, US
Kevin L. Morgan · Simi Valley, US
Sheldon Williams · Quartz Hill, US
Michael Yang · Thousand Oaks, US
Andrew W. McGarvey · Minneapolis, US

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 20, 2010
Grant date	Nov 13, 2012
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 10, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61N1/0587
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A delivery apparatus for accessing the pericardial space of a heart including an elongated body defining a lumen and a piercing member that extends from a distal portion of the elongated body for piercing tissue of the heart. A spring expands from a distal end of the piercing member in response to the distal end of the piercing member passing through the tissue and into the pericardial space. An electrode located on the spring in order to sense signals indicative of a distal end of the spring passing through the tissue and into the pericardial space.

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