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Fossa ovalis penetration

  • US 10,582,950 B2
  • Filed: 09/12/2017
  • Issued: 03/10/2020
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/15/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for puncturing a fossa ovalis of a heart, the method comprising:

  • inserting a catheter into a right atrium of the heart;

    advancing a distal portion of the catheter toward an interatrial septum of the heart;

    sliding a flexible longitudinal member through openings disposed at the distal portion of the catheter, and positioning a portion of the flexible longitudinal member within the fossa ovalis such that the portion of the flexible longitudinal member is made to loop around a portion of an inside perimeter of the fossa ovalis; and

    while the portion of the flexible longitudinal member is looped around the portion of the inside perimeter of the fossa ovalis, puncturing a hole in the fossa ovalis at a puncturing point.

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