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Kit for transvenously accessing the pericardial space via the right atrium

  • US 20040215168A1
  • Filed: 01/23/2004
  • Published: 10/28/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/30/1997
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A kit for transvenously accessing the pericardial space between a heart and its pericardium to perform a medical procedure on the heart, the kit comprising:

  • a guide catheter;

    an infusion guide wire coaxial with the guide catheter substantially throughout a length of the guide catheter; and

    a leading guide wire for entering the heart transvenously in combination with the infusion guide wire, the leading guide wire being coaxial with the infusion guide wire and having a diameter sufficiently small for passing through a lumen of the infusion guide wire, the leading guide wire having a sufficient length for passing through and protruding from a distal end of the infusion guide wire, the leading guide wire having a distal end for penetrating a wall of a right atrium of the heart; and

    a locking device to fix a position of the leading guide wire relative to the infusion guide wire, wherein the infusion guide wire and the leading guide wire both have sufficient flexibility for simultaneously passing transvenously through the guide catheter into the right atrium.

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