Apparatus for performing diagnostic and/or therapeutical heart interventions with a catheter
AssigneeSulzer Osypka GmbH
InventorPeter Osypka
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Abstract
The apparatus for performing diagnostic and/or therapeutical heart interventions comprises a catheter (1) which contains a guided catheter (2), a guiding catheter (3) surrounding the guided catheter and a guide wire (4) extending within a lumen (20) of the guided catheter. Means (7) are provided which permit a controlled change of position of the guide wire in a chamber of the heart. The catheter is a first catheter (1) whose guide wire is in connection with the distal end (30') of a second catheter (1') or can be connected thereto respectively. The second catheter can be positioned in the heart in such a manner that its distal end takes on a stationary position independent of the change in position of the guide wire.
Claims11
Apparatus for performing diagnostic and/or therapeutical heart interventions with a catheter (1) which comprises a guided catheter (2), a guiding catheter (3) surrounding the guided catheter and a guide wire (4) extending within a lumen (20) of the guided catheter, with means (7) being provided which permit a controlled change of position of the guide wire in a chamber of the heart,
- characterised in that the catheter is a first catheter (1) whose guide wire is in connection with the distal end (30') of a second catheter (1') or can be connected thereto respectively;
- and in that the second catheter can be positioned in the heart in such a manner that its distal end adopts a stationary position independent of the change in position of the guide wire.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.