Treatment of appendage openings
AssigneeTransseptal Solutions Ltd.
InventorElad SAPIR
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Abstract
A method is provided that includes inserting a catheter into an atrium of a subject, and 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. The method further includes inserting the loop partially into an appendage of the atrium, and, while inserting the loop, atraumatically contacting a portion of a perimeter of an opening of the appendage with a portion of the loop. Thereafter, the loop is further inserted into the appendage. Thereafter, a size of the opening of the appendage is measured using the loop. Other applications are also described.
Claims39
A method comprising:
- inserting a catheter into an atrium of a subject;
- 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;
- inserting the loop partially into an appendage of the atrium, and, while inserting the loop, atraumatically contacting a portion of a perimeter of an opening of the appendage with a portion of the loop;
- thereafter, further inserting the loop into the appendage;
- and
- thereafter, using the loop, measuring a size of the opening of the appendage.
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;
- 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
- using the loop to measure the opening of the appendage.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.