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Transvascular access methods

  • US 10,342,956 B2
  • Filed: 03/20/2017
  • Issued: 07/09/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/30/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of providing percutaneous access to the heart of a patient, the method comprising:

  • inserting an access device percutaneously through an entry site in a femoral artery of the patient, the access device comprising a vascular catheter;

    advancing a distal end of the vascular catheter from the entry site to an exit site in an axillary artery of the patient;

    advancing a puncture tool from the distal end of the vascular catheter through the axillary artery wall and skin of the patient at the exit site;

    after the step of advancing the puncture tool, inserting a cardiac access catheter into the axillary artery at the exit site; and

    advancing the cardiac access catheter through the axillary artery, subclavian artery and the aorta to the patient'"'"'s heart.

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