Optical fiber for myocardial channel formation

Surgery – Instruments – Means for removal of skin or material therefrom

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606 15, 606 16, 606 19, A61B 1736

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ABSTRACT:
An optical fiber device for forming channels within a wall of a patient's heart, and particularly the epicardium, which has an elongated optical fiber, a probe tip secured to the distal end of the optical fiber and an outer support tube secured to the proximal portion of the probe tip and a distal portion of the optical fiber proximal to the probe tip. A handle is described for a flexible optical fiber device which greatly facilitates delivery of the distal end of the optical fiber device to a desired location on the exterior of a patient's heart.

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