Transcatheter balloon-assisted mitral valve navigation device and method
US9364637B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 6, 2011 |
| Grant date | Jun 14, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 7, 2033 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61M2025/1047
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A method for positioning a centering introducer in a heart of a patient, which includes the steps of inserting an anchoring wire delivery catheter through a heart wall and to a treatment region of the heart, deploying at least one anchoring wire from the delivery catheter and into tissue in the treatment region of the heart, and removing the delivery catheter from the heart. A centering introducer can then be advanced along the anchoring wire to the treatment region, wherein the centering introducer includes an introducer element and at least one balloon. At least one of the balloons can then be inflated to reorient the introducer element in at least one direction relative to a longitudinal axis of the centering introducer.
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