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Method of surgical perforation via the delivery of energy

  • US 7,947,040 B2
  • Filed: 11/03/2005
  • Issued: 05/24/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/21/2003
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of surgical perforation via the delivery of electrical, radiant or thermal energy comprising the steps of:

  • (i) introducing an apparatus comprising an energy delivery device into a patient'"'"'s heart via said patient'"'"'s superior vena cava, said apparatus further comprising at least one pressure sensing mechanism selected from the group consisting of a pressure-transmitting lumen and a pressure transducer;

    (ii) positioning said energy delivery device at a first location adjacent material to be perforated;

    (iii) perforating said material by delivering energy via said energy delivery device;

    (iv) advancing said energy delivery device to a second location through the perforation, said second location being a left atrium of said patient'"'"'s heart; and

    (v) measuring pressure at said second location;

    wherein said energy is selected from the group consisting of electrical energy, radiant energy and thermal energy.

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