Patent ID: 6261304
Filing Date: 2001-07-17
Classification: A61B,A61F,A61M

Abstract:
An assembly for delivering a medical device into a heart wall of a patient, comprising:an insertion tube having a proximal end and a distal end and a delivery channel extending therethrough;a tubular member having a proximal end and a distal end and a lumen extending therethrough, the tubular member having a distal portion provided with an internal spring bias tending to form said distal portion into an arcuate configuration in the absence of an external straightening force on said distal portion, the tubular member being longitudinally slidable in said delivery channel, and wherein said distal portion may be alternately maintained in a relatively straightened configuration in the distal end of said channel and moved outside of said channel to assume said arcuate configuration; anda guidewire longitudinally slidable within the lumen of the tubular member.