18940504. PERICARDICAL TRANSECTION DEVICES AND METHOD (EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION)
PERICARDICAL TRANSECTION DEVICES AND METHOD
Organization Name
EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
Inventor(s)
Yuval Kasher of Kfar Shmuel (IL)
PERICARDICAL TRANSECTION DEVICES AND METHOD
This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18940504 titled 'PERICARDICAL TRANSECTION DEVICES AND METHOD
Original Abstract Submitted
Exemplary transection devices for making incisions through the pericardial membrane or parietal layer of the pericardium are described. These examples share the characteristic that they are deployed intravascularly through the RAA, IVC, SVC, or via a subxiphoid approach. One example is a pericardial tissue transection device comprising an elongated body with a proximal end and a distal end and extending along a longitudinal length. An incision assembly is coupled to the distal end of the elongated body. The incision assembly comprises an incision member having first and second ends each coupled to the incision assembly and aligned with the longitudinal length of the elongate body. At least a portion of the incision member is structured to reversibly extend laterally from the elongated body.
