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Devices for less invasive intracardiac interventions
Assignee: Heartport Inc
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Filing: 1996-06-12
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Granted: 2002-02-12
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Expires: 2016-06-12
Abstract
Abstract Devices, systems, and methods are provided for accessing the interior of the heart and performing procedures therein while the heart is beating. In one embodiment, a tubular access device having an inner lumen is provided for positioning through a penetration in a muscular wall of the heart, the access device having a means for sealing within the penetration to inhibit leakage of blood through the penetration. The sealing means may comprise a balloon or flange on the access device, or a suture placed in the heart wall to gather the heart tissue against the access device. An obturator is removably positionable in the inner lumen of the access device, the obturator having a cutting means at its distal end for penetrating the muscular wall of the heart. The access device is preferably positioned through an intercostal space and through the muscular wall of the heart. Elongated instruments may be introduced through the tubular access device into an interior chamber of the heart to perform procedures such as septal defect repair and electrophysiological mapping and ablation. A method of septal defect repair includes positioning a tubular access device percutaneously through an intercostal space and through a penetration in a muscular wall of the heart, passing one or more instruments through an inner lumen of the tubular access device into an interior chamber of the heart, and using the instruments to close the septal defect. Devices and methods for closing the septal defect with either sutures or with patch-type devices are disclosed.
Inventors
- 👤 Alex T. Roth
Bibliographic Details
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-23 07:02
CPC Classifications
A; A61; A61B; A61B17/00; A61B17/04; A61B17/0469; A61B17/00234; A61B17/0057; A61B17/02; A61B17/0218; A61B17/06; A61B17/06061; A61B17/32; A61B17/320016; A61B17/34; A61B17/3468; A61B18/00; A61B18/04; A61B18/12; A61B18/14; A61B18/1482; A61B18/1492; A61B90/00; A61B90/50; A61F; A61F2/00; A61F2/02; A61F2/24; A61F2/2427; A61M; A61M25/00; A61M25/10; A61M25/1011; A61M39/00; A61M39/02; A61M39/0247; A61B17/0467; A61B17/28; A61B17/29; A61B17/2909; A61B17/3209; A61B17/3211; A61B17/3417; A61B18/1442; A61B2017/00017; A61B2017/00022; A61B2017/00039; A61B2017/00044; A61B2017/00048; A61B2017/00053; A61B2017/00238; A61B2017/00243; A61B2017/00247; A61B2017/00349; A61B2017/00575; A61B2017/00579; A61B2017/00592; A61B2017/00597; A61B2017/00606; A61B2017/00619; A61B2017/00623; A61B2017/00831; A61B2017/00867; A61B2017/00902; A61B2017/00907; A61B2017/0237; A61B2017/0243; A61B2017/047; A61B2017/0472; A61B2017/0474; A61B2017/0475; A61B2017/2926; A61B2017/2932; A61B2017/2943; A61B2017/2946; A61B17/30; A61B2017/306; A61B17/3403; A61B2017/3405; A61B2017/348; A61B2017/3482; A61B2017/3484; A61B2017/3486; A61B2017/3492; A61B2018/00053; A61B2018/00214; A61B2018/0022; A61B2018/00232; A61B2018/0025; A61B2018/00261; A61B2018/00273; A61B2018/00291; A61B2018/00315; A61B2018/00345; A61B2018/00351; A61B2018/00363; A61B2018/00392; A61B2018/00571; A61B2018/00577; A61B2018/00636; A61B2018/00898; A61B2018/00982; A61B2018/1465; A61B90/36; A61B90/37; A61M25/01; A61M25/02; A61M2025/028; A61M2039/0273; A61M2039/0279; A61M2039/0297; A61M2205/00; A61M2205/33; A61M2205/3331; A61M2205/3344; A61M2205/3355; A61M2205/36; A61M2205/366
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 21
Claim 1
Independent Claim
137 words
An assembly for visualization and access within a body cavity comprising: a sleeve having a distal end, a proximal end, and a lumen therebetween, the sleeve also having a rigid, transparent bulb disposed at the distal end of the sleeve, the transparent bulb having a convex surface; a scope having a shaft with a distal end and a proximal end, the shaft being slidably positionable in the lumen, a channel extending longitudinally through the shaft, and a lens in the channel near the distal end, the shaft being disposed in the lumen so that the lens is optically aligned with the rigid, transparent bulb; and a guide sleeve having a lumen, the sleeve being slidably positionable in the lumen to a predetermined position in which the convex surface protrudes from a distal end of the guide sleeve.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
137 words
An assembly for visualization and access within a body cavity comprising: a sleeve having a distal end, a proximal end, and a lumen therebetween, the sleeve also having a rigid, transparent bulb disposed at the distal end of the sleeve, the transparent bulb having a convex surface; a scope having a shaft with a distal end and a proximal end, the shaft being slidably positionable in the lumen, a channel extending longitudinally through the shaft, and a lens in the channel near the distal end, the shaft being disposed in the lumen so that the lens is optically aligned with the rigid, transparent bulb; and a guide sleeve having a lumen, the sleeve being slidably positionable in the lumen to a predetermined position in which the convex surface protrudes from a distal end of the guide sleeve.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
21 words
The assembly of claim 1 wherein the transparent bulb is made of a material selected from glass, acrylic, polystyrene, and polycarbonate.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
23 words
The assembly of claim 1 wherein the transparent bulb has a transverse cross-sectional area larger than the transverse cross-sectional area of the shaft.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
18 words
The assembly of claim 1 wherein the transparent bulb has a distal surface, the distal surface being convex.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
24 words
The assembly of claim 1 wherein sleeve has a length sufficient to reach an interior of a patient's heart from outside the patient's chest.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
17 words
The assembly of claim 5 wherein the sleeve has a length of at least about 15 cm.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
140 words
A repair system for repairing a septal defect in a patient's heart, the repair system comprising: a sleeve having a distal end, a proximal end, and a lumen therebetween, the sleeve having a rigid, transparent bulb at the distal end; a scope having a shaft with a distal end and a proximal end, the shaft being slidably positionable in the lumen, a channel extending longitudinally through the shaft, and a lens in the channel near the distal end, the lens being optically aligned with the transparent bulb when the shaft is positioned in the lumen; a guide sleeve having a lumen, the sleeve being slidably positionable in the lumen to a predetermined position in which the convex surface protrudes from a distal end of the guide sleeve; and a septal defect closure device positionable through the lumen of the sleeve.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
140 words
A repair system for repairing a septal defect in a patient's heart, the repair system comprising: a sleeve having a distal end, a proximal end, and a lumen therebetween, the sleeve having a rigid, transparent bulb at the distal end; a scope having a shaft with a distal end and a proximal end, the shaft being slidably positionable in the lumen, a channel extending longitudinally through the shaft, and a lens in the channel near the distal end, the lens being optically aligned with the transparent bulb when the shaft is positioned in the lumen; a guide sleeve having a lumen, the sleeve being slidably positionable in the lumen to a predetermined position in which the convex surface protrudes from a distal end of the guide sleeve; and a septal defect closure device positionable through the lumen of the sleeve.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
56 words
The repair system of claim 7 wherein the septal defect closure device comprises a delivery shaft having a distal end, a proximal end, and a patch releasably held at the distal end, the patch having a deployed configuration for positioning across a septal defect and a collapsed configuration for positioning through the lumen in the sleeve.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
22 words
The repair system of claim 7 wherein the septal defect closure device is configured to apply a suture to the cardiac septum.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
24 words
The repair system of claim 7 wherein the transparent bulb has a transverse cross-sectional area larger than the transverse cross-sectional area of the shaft.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
19 words
The repair system of claim 7 wherein the transparent bulb has a distal surface, the distal surface being convex.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
25 words
The repair system of claim 7 wherein sleeve has a length sufficient to reach an interior of a patient's heart from outside the patient's chest.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
18 words
The repair system of claim 12 wherein the sleeve has a length of at least about 15 cm.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
19 words
The repair system of claim 7 wherein the sleeve has an outer diameter of less than about 12 mm.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
12 words
The repair system of claim 7 wherein the sleeve is substantially rigid.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
42 words
The repair system of claim 7 further comprising an access cannula having a distal end positionable through a wall of the heart, a proximal end, and an access channel therebetween, the sleeve being slidably positionable through the access channel into the heart.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
26 words
The repair system of claim 16 wherein the access cannula has a flange on a distal end thereof for engaging an interior wall of the heart.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
16 words
The repairs system of claim 16 further comprising an obturator removably positionable in the access channel.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
21 words
The repair system of claim 18 wherein the obturator has a distal end configured to penetrate the wall of the heart.
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