CA2134922A1 - Guiding Introducer for Right Atrium - Google Patents

Guiding Introducer for Right Atrium

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CA2134922A1
CA2134922A1 CA2134922A CA2134922A CA2134922A1 CA 2134922 A1 CA2134922 A1 CA 2134922A1 CA 2134922 A CA2134922 A CA 2134922A CA 2134922 A CA2134922 A CA 2134922A CA 2134922 A1 CA2134922 A1 CA 2134922A1
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section
right atrium
guiding introducer
merged
distal end
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CA2134922A
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CA2134922C (en
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John Frederick Swartz
John D. Ockuly
John F. Fleischhacker
James A. Hassett
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St Jude Medical Atrial Fibrillation Division Inc
Original Assignee
John Frederick Swartz
John D. Ockuly
John F. Fleischhacker
James A. Hassett
Daig Corporation
St. Jude Medical, Daig Division, Inc.
St. Jude Medical, Atrial Fibrillation Division, Inc.
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61N—ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; RADIATION THERAPY; ULTRASOUND THERAPY
    • A61N1/00—Electrotherapy; Circuits therefor
    • A61N1/02—Details
    • A61N1/04—Electrodes
    • A61N1/05—Electrodes for implantation or insertion into the body, e.g. heart electrode
    • A61N1/056—Transvascular endocardial electrode systems
    • A61N1/057—Anchoring means; Means for fixing the head inside the heart
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61M—DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY; DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY; DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR
    • A61M25/00—Catheters; Hollow probes
    • A61M25/0021—Catheters; Hollow probes characterised by the form of the tubing
    • A61M25/0041—Catheters; Hollow probes characterised by the form of the tubing pre-formed, e.g. specially adapted to fit with the anatomy of body channels
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61M—DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY; DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY; DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR
    • A61M25/00—Catheters; Hollow probes
    • A61M25/01—Introducing, guiding, advancing, emplacing or holding catheters
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61M—DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY; DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY; DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR
    • A61M25/00—Catheters; Hollow probes
    • A61M25/01—Introducing, guiding, advancing, emplacing or holding catheters
    • A61M25/06—Body-piercing guide needles or the like
    • A61M25/0662—Guide tubes
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61M—DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY; DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY; DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR
    • A61M25/00—Catheters; Hollow probes
    • A61M25/01—Introducing, guiding, advancing, emplacing or holding catheters
    • A61M25/0105—Steering means as part of the catheter or advancing means; Markers for positioning
    • A61M25/0133—Tip steering devices

Abstract

A guiding introducer for use in the right atrium comprised of a first, second and third section wherein the first section is a generally elongated straight section wherein merged with the distal end of the first section is a second section which is curved upward in a longitudinal curve wherein the distal end of the second section is merged with the third section. The guiding introducer is for use in sensing, pacing and ablating procedures in the right atrium of the human heart.
CA002134922A 1993-11-03 1994-11-02 Guiding introducer for right atrium Expired - Lifetime CA2134922C (en)

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US08/146,744 US5427119A (en) 1993-11-03 1993-11-03 Guiding introducer for right atrium
US08/146,744 1993-11-03

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CA2134922A1 true CA2134922A1 (en) 1995-05-04
CA2134922C CA2134922C (en) 1999-03-16

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EP (1) EP0650741B1 (en)
JP (1) JP2522196B2 (en)
AT (1) ATE177957T1 (en)
CA (1) CA2134922C (en)
DE (1) DE69324145T2 (en)

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