Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Catheter with coronary sinus ostium anchor
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Application No.: US12915327Application Date: 2010-10-29
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Publication No.: US09655666B2Publication Date: 2017-05-23
- Inventor: H. Toby Markowitz , Amy E. Thompson-Nauman
- Applicant: H. Toby Markowitz , Amy E. Thompson-Nauman
- Applicant Address: US MN Minneapolis
- Assignee: Medtronic Ablatio Frontiers LLC
- Current Assignee: Medtronic Ablatio Frontiers LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US MN Minneapolis
- Agency: Christopher & Weisberg, P.A.
- Main IPC: A61B18/14
- IPC: A61B18/14 ; A61B18/02 ; A61B5/042 ; A61B18/00 ; A61M25/04 ; A61B90/00

Abstract:
A method of treating cardiac tissue is provided, including positioning a first chamber of a medical device adjacent an atrial wall; directing a cryogenic coolant into the first chamber; anchoring the first chamber to the atrial wall through cryoadhesion; directing a distal portion of the medical device into the coronary sinus; and positioning a cardiac lead through at least a portion of the coronary sinus with the distal portion. The method may include measuring a temperature of the first chamber; removing the first chamber from the atrial wall once a predetermined threshold temperature of the first chamber is reached; anchoring a second chamber of the medical device to a portion of the coronary sinus; and/or perfusing blood flow through at least a portion of the second chamber.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120108953A1 CATHETER WITH CORONARY SINUS OSTIUM ANCHOR Public/Granted day:2012-05-03
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