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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 23, 2014
Applicant:
The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);
Inventor:
Kalyanam Shivkumar, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Assignee:
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, Oakland, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/34 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/3478 (2013.01); A61B 17/3415 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00243 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention relates to systems and methods for accessing the left heart of a subject. For example, the invention includes a percutaneous inter-ventricular transseptal technique for accessing the left ventricle. In certain embodiments, the invention includes guiding a transseptal sheath to the right ventricle and positioning the transseptal sheath within the inter-ventricular septum.