Helical Infusion Catheter

Description

• • Transendocardial intramyocardial delivery catheter
• • Active fixation and infusion through hollow helical needle
• • Double barrel contrast port for marking of delivery location with discharge at base of helical needle

Status

• • Investigational use only

Advantages

• • Stable delivery platform
  • control delivery depth
  • control rate of delivery
• • Ease of confirmation of location and delivery
• • Minimizes chance of perforation
• • Minimizes back leak
• • Helical fluid pathway is self sealing
• • Fixation enables flushing of agents with another passive solution for redistribution
• • No capital equipment costs; minimal device costs
• • Second lumen allows fluoroscopic imaging without contaminating therapeutic
• • Over the wire left ventricular access
• • Flexible distal coil reduces potential tissue trauma
• • Extensive history of helix geometry anchoring in myocardium

Indications

• • This system is available for investigational use only and is being used in preclinical and clinical investigations of cell, gene, and protein therapies.