18945385. PERICARDIAL TRANSECTION DEVICE WITH SHAPE SET ELECTRODE (EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION)

PERICARDIAL TRANSECTION DEVICE WITH SHAPE SET ELECTRODE

Organization Name

EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION

Inventor(s)

Yuval Kasher of Kfar Shmuel (IL)

Gideon Meyer-brodnitz of Ramot Menashe (IL)

PERICARDIAL TRANSECTION DEVICE WITH SHAPE SET ELECTRODE

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18945385 titled 'PERICARDIAL TRANSECTION DEVICE WITH SHAPE SET ELECTRODE

Original Abstract Submitted

A medical device includes a flexible catheter including a distal end, at least one lumen, and a longitudinal axis, an incision device coupled to the distal end of the catheter, and a distal tip coupled to and projecting from the incision assembly. The incision device comprises a wire that includes one or more electrodes for creating an incision through a pericardium. The wire has a first end fixed to an external surface of the distal tip and a second end extending through the distal opening of the distal tip. The wire is structured such that in a deployed configuration, (i) the portion of the wire extending from the first end of the wire to the distal opening of the body of the distal tip forms a shape comprising a protrusion extending relative to a longitudinal axis of the transcatheter and (ii) the electrode is positioned proximal to the protrusion.