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US 2019/0159766 A1Published application
Treatment of appendage openings
AssigneeTransseptal Solutions Ltd.
InventorElad SAPIR
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Abstract
A method is provided for measuring an opening of an appendage of an atrium of a subject, the method including inserting a catheter into the atrium of the subject using a transvenous approach. Thereafter, at least one loop is deployed from a wall of the catheter, such that a distal end of the loop is distal to a distal end of the catheter. Thereafter, the loop is used to measure the opening of the appendage. Other embodiments are also described.
Claims8
1-24. (canceled)
A method for measuring an opening of an appendage of an atrium of a subject, the method comprising:
- inserting a catheter into the atrium of the subject using a transvenous approach;
- thereafter, deploying at least one loop from a wall of the catheter, such that a distal end of the loop is distal to a distal end of the catheter;
- and
- thereafter, using the loop to measure the opening of the appendage.
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31-39. (canceled)
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.