Patent ID: 6970748
Filing Date: 2005-11-29
Classification: A61N

Abstract:
1. A method of inserting a payload into a destination vessel of a patient's heart, comprising: providing a payload having a narrowed distal end; providing a guide catheter for longitudinally guiding the payload; providing a finishing wire, comprising: inserting the guiding catheter into a chamber of the patient's heart via an access vessel; inserting the payload through the guide catheter into the destination vessel of the patient's heart to seat the payload in the destination vessel; inserting the finishing wire through the payload such that the ball-nosed distal end of the finishing wire contacts the narrowed distal end of the payload; and fixing, while the ball-nosed distal end of the finishing wire is in contact with the narrowed distal end of the payload, a proximal end of the finishing wire to secure the payload against dislodgment.