Patent ID: 7686799

Claim:
A deployment system for a myocardial cellular material, comprising: a guiding catheter having at least one lumen defined therein; a needle assembly capable of sliding through the lumen of the guiding catheter, the needle assembly having a lumen defined therein and terminating in a tip, the tip having at least one side, the needle assembly having an opening in the at least one side of the tip disposed in communication with the lumen of the needle assembly so that the myocardial cellular material can be deployed into a myocardial wall from inside the lumen of the needle assembly; a push rod having a platform disposed at its distal end, the rush rod disposed inside the lumen of the needle assembly; and an anchor wire disposed axially through the tip and capable of engaging with a portion of the myocardial wall to position the needle assembly relative to the myocardial wall, wherein the guiding catheter has an outer wall having a distal end, wherein the distal end comprises a sensor and forms an anchor extending frontwardly so as to hold the guiding catheter in a position against the myocardial wall.