Delivery system with pacing element
AssigneeMedtronic Vascular Galway
InventorsMark Casley, Declan Costello
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Abstract
Medical device delivery assemblies are disclosed. The assembly may include a catheter-based delivery system. The assembly may include a pacing element to pace a patient's heart before, during, or after a procedure. The pacing element may be a detachable, implanting pacing element. The pacing element may be an implantable pacemaker and the implantable pacemaker may be disposed on a catheter-based delivery system. The assembly may include a prosthetic heart valve with one or more pacing elements on it. The pacing element may include a pacing strip or strips. These strips may be conductive or insulative. These strips may prevent, treat, or correct abnormal electrical communication in a heart.
Claims6
A method of pacing a heart comprising:
- delivering a catheter to a site of a native heart valve of the heart, the catheter including a distal tip and a capsule, the distal tip including a pacing element, wherein a prosthetic heart valve is disposed within the capsule, the prosthetic heart valve comprising a frame, a valve assembly, and a conductive strip coupled to the frame;
- deploying the prosthetic heart valve from the capsule at the site of the native heart valve;
- attaching the pacing element to a portion of the heart;
- detaching the distal tip with the pacing element from the catheter;
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- pacing the heart.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.