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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 05, 2023
Filed:
Mar. 02, 2020
Applicant:
Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research, Rochester, MN (US);
Inventors:
Gurpreet S. Sandhu, Rochester, MN (US);
Daniel B. Spoon, Rochester, MN (US);
Brandon J. Tefft, Rochester, MN (US);
Assignee:
MAYO FOUNDATION FOR MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH, Rochester, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/24 (2006.01); A61M 25/01 (2006.01); A61M 25/04 (2006.01); A61M 25/09 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/2427 (2013.01); A61M 25/0108 (2013.01); A61M 25/04 (2013.01); A61M 25/09 (2013.01);
Abstract
This document provides devices and methods for the treatment of heart conditions such as valvular stenosis. For example, this document provides devices and methods by which a guide catheter can align itself with a blood flow stream to thereby help direct a guidewire or other elongate device transmitted from the guide catheter through an orifice of a heart valve.