Access devices and methods for treatment of medical conditions and delivery of injectables
AssigneeCardioscout Solutions, Inc.
InventorsJames D. Fonger, Gary H. Sanders, Jack Greelis, Matthew Thomas Yurek
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Abstract
Disclosed are access devices that can be used to safely guide instruments, such as EP ablation catheters, to a therapy site such one within the pericardial space of the heart. The access devices include integrated visualization, illumination, stabilization, and safety features in a single platform that can, for example, more safely and efficiently identify and ablate several ventricular tachycardia (VT) locations on the left ventricle of the heart.
Claims27
An access device configured for guiding instruments to a region within a human body, the access device comprising:
- a shaft comprising a proximal end and a distal end, the shaft defining a lumen comprising channels extending longitudinally between the proximal end and the distal end, the channels comprising an instrument channel and a guide wire channel;
- a head attached to the distal end of the shaft, the head comprising a top surface, a bottom surface opposite the top surface, and a port configured to allow an instrument extended through the instrument channel to interact with the region of the human body;
- a hinged shell attached to the top surface of the head and configured to pivot toward and away from the top surface of the head;
- a guidewire opening in the hinged shell sized to receive a guide wire extending from the guide wire channel, the guide wire thereby holding the hinged shell in a closed position when the guidewire extends through the guidewire opening;
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- a camera mounted on an underside of the hinged shell between a distal end of the hinged shell and the port and commutatively coupled to a camera cable extending through the shaft, the camera oriented to capture images of the region of the human body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.