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US 2018/0071092 A1Published application
Assembly for replacing a heart valve or coronary angioplasty assembly including a delivery catheter with or without introducer
AssigneeElectroducer
InventorBenjamin FAURIE
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Abstract
The present invention relates to an assembly for replacing a heart valve or coronary angioplasty assembly, including an insertion sheath (13) of an introducer (1) or a delivery catheter (1′), which is smaller in size than an introducer, intended for being inserted into an artery of a human body. The invention essentially involves integrating the metal substrate of an electrode of the cardiac stimulator directly into the sheath for insertion into the artery of a patient.
Claims13
An assembly for replacing a heart valve by a percutaneous route, comprising:
- a device forming an introducer comprising at least one tubular insertion sheath, intended to be introduced into an artery of a human body (C) and to allow the passage of a surgical intervention device such as a delivery catheter, and at least one electrically conductive element, of which a distal portion is exposed on at least one part of the outer periphery of the sheath in such a way as to be in contact with the subcutaneous tissue of the body or with the artery, and of which a proximal portion is accessible from the outside of the body (C) in such a way as to serve as connection to one electrode of a cardiac stimulator;
- at least one guide wire intended to be introduced into the tubular sheath of the introducer for advancing an artificial valve intended to replace the heart valve, the guide wire comprising a metallic part serving additionally as connection to the other electrode of the cardiac stimulator.
An assembly for replacing a heart valve by a percutaneous route, comprising:
- a device forming a valve delivery catheter comprising at least one tubular insertion sheath, intended to be introduced into an artery of a human body, and at least one electrically conductive element, of which a distal portion is exposed on at least one part of the outer periphery of the sheath in such a way as to be in contact with the subcutaneous tissue of the body or with the artery, and of which a proximal portion is accessible from the outside of the body (C) in such a way as to serve as connection to one electrode of a cardiac stimulator;
- at least one guide wire intended to be introduced into the tubular sheath of the delivery catheter for advancing an artificial valve intended to replace the heart valve, the guide wire comprising at least one metallic part serving additionally as connection to the other electrode of the cardiac stimulator.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.