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US 11,337,707 B2Granted
Treating heart tissue
AssigneeMiracor Medical SA
InventorWerner Mohl
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Abstract
Some systems and methods for treating heart tissue may include instruments for intermittently occluding the coronary sinus using a coronary sinus occlusion catheter device. In some embodiments, the coronary sinus occlusion catheter can be used before or during a coronary intervention procedure in which a blockage in a heart is repaired or removed.
Claims12
A method of treating heart tissue, comprising:
- detecting a blockage in a coronary artery of a heart;
- prior to intervening on the blockage in the coronary artery, advancing a distal tip portion of a coronary sinus occlusion catheter through a guide sheath in a right atrium and into a coronary sinus, the coronary sinus occlusion catheter comprising an inflatable balloon device configured to occlude the coronary sinus when inflated;
- intermittently occluding the coronary sinus using the inflatable balloon device of the coronary sinus occlusion catheter to redistribute venous blood flow into heart muscle tissue affected by the blockage, wherein the coronary sinus is intermittently occluded for periods of time determined by a control system coupled to a proximal portion of the coronary sinus occlusion catheter, wherein the control system provides automated control of the inflatable balloon device of the coronary sinus occlusion catheter for providing pressure-controlled intermittent coronary sinus occlusion treatment to the heart, the control system comprising a display device that shows heart sensor data during the intermittent occlusion of the coronary sinus,
- wherein during an initial phase the control system determines a time period for occluding the coronary sinus based on a predetermined pattern of predetermined occlusion times independent of coronary sinus pressure sensor data;
- wherein during a second phase the control system determines the time period for occluding the coronary sinus based in part on previously recorded coronary sinus pressure measurements received by the control system,
- wherein the control system uses a pressure-dependent pattern that is at least partially defined by the received previously recorded coronary sinus pressure measurements to determine the time period for occluding the coronary sinus;
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- after intermittently occluding the coronary sinus, delivering a coronary intervention tool via a body artery and to the blockage in the coronary artery of the heart to perform a coronary intervention procedure;
- and
- after performing the coronary intervention procedure, removing the coronary sinus occlusion catheter through the guide sheath.
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A method of treating heart tissue, comprising:
- detecting a blockage in a coronary artery of a heart;
- prior to intervening on the blockage in the coronary artery, advancing a distal tip portion of a coronary sinus occlusion catheter through a guide sheath in a right atrium and into a coronary sinus, the coronary sinus occlusion catheter comprising an inflatable balloon device configured to occlude the coronary sinus when inflated;
- intermittently occluding the coronary sinus using the inflatable balloon device of the coronary sinus occlusion catheter to redistribute venous blood flow into heart muscle tissue affected by the blockage, wherein the coronary sinus is intermittently occluded for periods of time determined by a control system coupled to a proximal portion of the coronary sinus occlusion catheter, wherein the control system provides automated control of the inflatable balloon device of the coronary sinus occlusion catheter for providing pressure-controlled intermittent coronary sinus occlusion treatment to the heart, the control system comprising a display device that shows heart sensor data during the intermittent occlusion of the coronary sinus,
- wherein the control system determines a time period for occluding the coronary sinus based on sensor data received by the control system, the sensor data comprising coronary sinus pressure and electrocardiogram (ECG) information,
- wherein the control system uses the received ECG information to properly time a start time of inflation of the inflatable balloon device, and wherein the control system uses both the received ECG information and the received coronary sinus pressure information to properly time a start time of deflation the inflatable balloon device during the intermittent occlusion of the coronary sinus;
- after intermittently occluding the coronary sinus, delivering a coronary intervention tool via a body artery and to the blockage in the coronary artery of the heart to perform a coronary intervention procedure;
- wherein the control system starts the deflation of the inflatable balloon device after an occlusion period that includes multiple heart beats;
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- wherein during an initial phase the control system determines the time period for occluding the coronary sinus based on a predetermined pattern of predetermined occlusion times independent of coronary sinus pressure sensor data;
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- wherein, after the initial phase, the control system determines the time period for occluding the coronary sinus based in part on previously recorded coronary sinus pressure measurements.
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