CPC A61B 17/12122 (2013.01) [A61B 17/0057 (2013.01); A61B 17/00234 (2013.01); A61B 18/1492 (2013.01); A61F 2/2427 (2013.01); A61M 25/0074 (2013.01); A61M 25/1011 (2013.01); A61N 1/056 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00243 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00292 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00267 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00357 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00577 (2013.01); A61M 2025/0079 (2013.01); A61N 1/057 (2013.01)] | 19 Claims |
1. A method of stabilizing a catheter during transseptal access of a left atrium of a heart of a patient the method comprising the steps of:
delivering a delivery device through a vascular system of the patient to position the delivery device within a septal wall, the delivery device including:
a catheter including a plurality of lumens; and
a first stabilizer positioned within a first lumen of the plurality of lumens of the catheter during delivery, the first stabilizer including a first anchor secured to a first shaft, the first anchor having a delivery position during delivery, wherein the first anchor has a first diameter in the delivery position;
deploying the first stabilizer from the catheter to a deployed position such that the first anchor engages a first pulmonary vein, wherein the first anchor has a second diameter in the deployed position, the second diameter being greater than the first diameter; and
advancing a prosthesis through a second lumen of the plurality of lumens of the catheter and into the left atrium.
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