Patent ID: 8308708

Claim:
A deployment system for a myocardial cellular material, comprising: a guiding catheter having at least one lumen defined therein and wherein a distal portion of the guiding catheter is deflectable; 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 which is proximal to a distal end of the tip, 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, wherein the opening is proximal to the tip; a push wire capable of sliding through the lumen of the needle and having a length such that a platform at a distal end of the push wire may be advanced through and beyond the opening in the tip of the needle; 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 forms an anchor or a hook extending frontwardly, such that the anchor or the hook penetrates into the myocardial wall at a distal end of the anchor or a distal end of the hook and holds the guiding catheter in a position against the myocardial wall; and wherein the myocardial cellular material comprises stem cells.