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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 25, 2021
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2018
Cvdevices, Llc, San Diego, CA (US);
Ghassan S. Kassab, La Jolla, CA (US);
Jose A. Navia, Sr., Buenos Aires, AR;
CVDevices, LLC, San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
Steering engagement catheter devices, systems, and methods of using the same for accessing a tissue, including internal and external tissues of a heart, are disclosed. In at least one embodiment, a steering engagement catheter is provided, comprising an elongated tube having a proximal end, a distal end, and a first wall positioned circumferentially along a length of the elongated tube, the elongated tube configured such that a delivery catheter is capable of at least partial insertion into the elongated tube, at least one steering wire having a proximal end and a distal end, the distal end of the at least one steering wire coupled to the first wall of the elongated tube at or near the distal end of the elongated tube, and a controller operably coupled to the at least one steering wire at or near the proximal end of the at least one steering wire.