Title:
A DEVICE FOR INSERTING A GUIDE WIRE IN A BLOOD VESSEL
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2019/138334
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
This disclosure provides a device comprising an outermost catheter (1), an intermediate catheter (2) inserted into the outermost catheter (1), a innermost catheter inserted into the intermediate catheter (2) configured to accurately control and reproducibly guide a wire through a heart valve. The intermediate catheter (2) has an apical portion (6) that defines a tube onto which an anchoring element for anchoring to inner walls of a blood vessel slides, the anchoring element comprises an annular slider (4) and a plurality of wire elements (5) each having a proximal end fixed to the tube (6) and a distal end fixed to the annular slider (4), wherein said wire elements (5) are made of a shape memory material. At least an apical portion of the inner catheter is configured to assume a curved shape at rest, as far as it protrudes out of the tube (6).
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Inventors:
MONTORFANO MATTEO (IT)
Application Number:
PCT/IB2019/050155
Publication Date:
July 18, 2019
Filing Date:
January 09, 2019
Export Citation:
Assignee:
MONTORFANO MATTEO (IT)
International Classes:
A61M25/04; A61M25/00; A61F2/24
Domestic Patent References:
| WO2016024235A1 | 2016-02-18 |
Foreign References:
| US20170042678A1 | 2017-02-16 | |||
| US20150223757A1 | 2015-08-13 | |||
| US6517551B1 | 2003-02-11 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
BARBARO, Gaetano (IT)
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