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US 2025/0375239 A1Published application
Perforation device with conductive guidewire
AssigneeEdwards Lifesciences Corporation
InventorDavid Maimon
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Abstract
A perforation device constituted of a guidewire extending from a proximal portion to a distal portion thereof, wherein the distal portion of the guidewire comprises a first section, the first section comprising an electrically conductive surface, and wherein the distal portion of the guidewire comprises a non-straight shape in a free state thereof.
Claims21
A perforation device comprising:
- a guidewire extending from a proximal portion to a distal portion thereof,
- wherein the distal portion of the guidewire comprises a first section, the first section comprising an electrically conductive surface, and
- wherein the distal portion of the guidewire comprises a non-straight shape in a free state thereof.
A perforation method, the method comprising:
- extending a guidewire to a predetermined anatomical location;
- and
- providing an electric current to the guidewire such that the electric current creates an elongated shaped perforation in a section of material at the predetermined anatomical location.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.