Patent ID: 6660003
Filing Date: 2003-12-09
Classification: A61B,A61F,A61M

Abstract:
A medical device for forming a plurality of holes in a heart chamber wall comprising:an elongate outer tubular shaft having a longitudinal axis, a lumen, a proximal end and a distal end; a plurality of elongate flexible arms each having a longitudinal axis, a distal end and a proximal end, said elongate arms being secured together at said distal ends and said proximal ends said arms being biased so as to bow outward relative to an axis through said secured distal and proximal ends; an inner shaft having a distal region slidably disposed within said outer shaft lumen, said inner shaft distal region being secured to said flexible arm proximal ends, such that said flexible arms can be retracted within said outer shaft lumen by retracting said inner shaft within, said outer shaft; an elongate, steerable PMR probe slidably disposed within the inner shaft, the probe having a distal cutting tip; means for receiving said steerable PMR probe operably attached to said secured proximal ends, such that said receiving means is anchored in place by allowing said biased flexible arms to bow outward against a heart chamber wall, such that said steerable probe cutting tip can be steered to cut holes in said heart chamber wall; wherein said receiving means slidably and rotatably receives said steerable probe; wherein said receiving means includes a hub having an aperture, wherein said aperture receives said steerable probe and said hub is secured to said proximal ends of said arms; wherein said PMR probe includes an arcuately biased elongate shaft such that sliding said biased shaft distally through said receiving means allows a greater amount of said arcuate biased to be exhibited; and wherein said arcuately biased shaft includes within a sliably disposed cutting wire having said distal cutting tip thereon, such that said cutting tip can be advanced toward said heart chamber wall by distally advancing said wire.