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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2024
Filed:
Mar. 20, 2020
Boston Scientific Medical Device Limited, Ballybrit, IE;
Boston Scientific Medical Device Limited, Galway, IE;
Abstract
A method for carrying out a cardiac procedure includes a. engaging a shaft of an ultrasound catheter with an elongate member of a medical sheath; b. positioning an ultrasound tip of the ultrasound catheter outside of a lumen of the elongate member; c. intravenously advancing the elongate member of the medical sheath towards a heart of a patient, to position a distal end of the elongate member adjacent a target anatomy within the heart; d. using the medical sheath as a guide to intravenously advance the ultrasound catheter towards the heart of the patient and position the ultrasound tip proximate the target anatomy; and e. using the ultrasound tip to image the target anatomy.