WO1994016632A1 - Intravascular method and system for treating arrhythmia - Google Patents

Intravascular method and system for treating arrhythmia Download PDF

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WO1994016632A1
WO1994016632A1 PCT/US1994/001018 US9401018W WO9416632A1 WO 1994016632 A1 WO1994016632 A1 WO 1994016632A1 US 9401018 W US9401018 W US 9401018W WO 9416632 A1 WO9416632 A1 WO 9416632A1
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Ruey Sung
Gene Samson
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  • This invention generally relates to the treatment of arrhythmia and particularly an intravascular method and system for treating arrhythmia.
  • Prior methods for treating a patient's arrhythmia include the
  • antiarrhythmic drugs such as sodium and calcium channel blockers or drugs which reduce the Beta-adrenergic activity.
  • Other methods include the surgically sectioning the origin of the signals causing the
  • the arrhythmogenic site which causes the arrhythmia or conductive pathways which propagate aberrant signals are destroyed by heat, e.g. applying a laser beam or radio frequency (RF) energy to a desired location on the patient's endocardium.
  • RF radio frequency
  • pathway is to accurately determine the location of the site so that an
  • the average arrhythmogenic site consists of about 1 .4 cm 2 of endocardial tissue, whereas a re-entrant site might be much larger.
  • RF ablation techniques produce lesions about 0.5 cm 2 in diameter, so a number of lesions might be generated in order to
  • ethanol may be injected into a branch of a
  • the tissue of a patient's heart causing the arrhythmia, such as an arrhythmogenic or re-entrant site or a conductive pathway, in order to the
  • This invention is directed to a method and system for
  • the arterial passageway which feeds oxygenated blood to heart tissue causing the arrhythmia and which preferably includes the intravascular detection of electrical activity or signals within a patient's heart causing the arrhythmia.
  • the tissue causing the arrhythmia such as an arrhythmogenic or re-entry site or a
  • conductive pathway is first located within a patient's heart, preferably intravascularly, and then an occluding element is advanced through the
  • the ischemic conditions created by such blockage distal to the occluding element ultimately leads to an infarct which terminates the arrhythmia.
  • the occluding element of the invention remains in the coronary arterial passageway, so there is little tendency for recanalization to occur which might lead to the recurrence of the arrhythmia.
  • occluding member is an open-bodied element such as a flexible helical coil
  • the thrombus forming element is limp or flaccid so that when introduced into the arterial passageway it will form a
  • thrombus quickly forms to occlude the arterial passageway.
  • Other means for occluding the arterial passageway include expandable occluding elements such as an inflatable balloon or an expandable mechanical element which blocks fluid flow
  • the occluding means is preferably delivered to the desired location within the arterial passageway of the patient's heart by an intravascular catheter which has an inner lumen extending therein to a discharge port in the distal end of the catheter.
  • One presently preferred embodiment of the invention is an exceptionally flexible, ultrasoft vaso-occlusive or embolism device which is made of a radiopaque material which may be braided or coiled to form a long, thin threadlike device having little rigidity or column strength.
  • diameter of the device may be less than about 0.010 inches (0.25 mm), preferably less than about 0.0075 inches (0.19 mm) in diameter.
  • wire making up the device is typically of a diameter less than about 0.002 (0.05 mm) inches.
  • the device is sufficiently flexible and small that it may be hydraulically delivered to a site within a coronary artery of a human heart using a catheter.
  • the device is so light that it typically cannot be pushed from the catheter in the way that coils are often introduced into
  • the occluding device typically assumes a loose, random, intertwined mass after being ejected from the catheter tip at the selected
  • the device whether coil or braid, may be used in
  • This embodiment also includes first introducing a vaso- occlusive coil having a larger diameter to the vascular site desired by the attending physician, followed by the introduction of the flaccid coil of this embodiment so as to fill the interstices left by the larger coil and thereby
  • the coils may also be introduced by
  • an elongated intravascular catheter used for delivering the occluding element has a plurality of sensing electrodes on the distal section thereof. After the occluding element is delivered into the arterial passageway through the inner lumen of the catheter, the sensing electrodes on the distal section of the catheter may be used to monitor the electrical activity from within
  • a second occluding element such as a
  • the preferred method to detect electrical activity within the patient's heart tissue causing arrhythmia is to position one or more elongated intravascular devices having sensing electrode on the distal section thereof within coronary arteries and/or cardiac veins of patient's heart.
  • a suitable intravascular device has an elongated shaft with a proximal section and a distal section which is configured to be considerably more flexible than the proximal section and to be advanceable through a patient's tortuous coronary anatomy.
  • the distal section has a plurality of electrodes spaced along a length of the distal section. Preferably, up to 20 or more bipolar electrode pairs may be provided along the distal section of the shaft.
  • the sensing electrodes are electrically connected to electrical conductors which extend from the
  • the shaft of the intravascular sensing device is formed of a plurality of insulated electrical conductors which are braided or woven into an elongated tubular member, although
  • each sensing electrode need be electrical conductors. Underneath each sensing electrode, the insulation on an individual conductor is removed to expose the bare conductor so that an electrical connection can be made between the electrode and the conductor.
  • the electrical connection should be
  • the electrodes should also be secured to the underlying tubular
  • the distal section of the guidewire having a plurality of sensing electrodes has a flexible tip coil which is distal to the length on which the electrodes are mounted and which is disposed about the distal extremity of a core member which extends through the interior of the guidewire.
  • the distal end of the core member may be manually shapable by the physician to facilitate steering the guidewire when it is being advanced within the patient's coronary anatomy by torquing the proximal end which extends outside of the patient.
  • a smooth rounded tip is provided at the distal end of the coil to avoid damage to the patient's vasculature when being advanced therethrough.
  • a safety or shaping ribbon may extend from the distal end of the core member to the rounded
  • the intravascular sensing device may also be in the form of a
  • catheter which has proximal and distal sections with the distal section
  • proximal section being more flexible that the proximal section and having a plurality of
  • the catheter has an
  • the catheter form allows an occluding element to be passed through the inner lumen into the arterial passageway and the sensing electrodes on the distal section thereof allows electrical activity to be monitored in order to determine the effectiveness of the arterial blockage and particularly whether the arrhythmia has been terminated.
  • the inner lumen of the catheter may be configured to facilitate the
  • a conventional guidewire or a guidewire version of the sensing device of the invention such as described above.
  • the use of a plurality of elongated intravascular devices is preferred so that they can be advanced into separate blood vessels of the
  • the positions of the intravascular sensing devices may be adjusted within the individual blood vessels to optimize the reception of the electrical activity to provide a greater degree of accuracy in detecting
  • the occluding element can be quickly advanced through the inner lumen
  • a catheter with an inner lumen may be quickly advanced over the in-place guidewire, the guidewire removed and an occluding element advanced through the inner lumen of the catheter.
  • FIG. 1 is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of catheter- guidewire assembly for detecting electrical signals within a coronary
  • Fig. 2 is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of the catheter
  • Fig. 3 is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of the distal
  • Fig. 4 is an anterior view of coronary arteries and cardiac
  • veins of a human heart with portions of the right coronary artery, the
  • anterior interventricular branch of the left coronary artery and the great cardiac vein being in section to illustrate intravascular devices disposed
  • Fig. 5 is an elevational view of a guidewire suitable for
  • Fig. 6 is an enlarged longitudinal cross-sectional view of a
  • Fig. 7 is an enlarged longitudinal cross-sectional view of the
  • Fig. 8 is a transverse cross-sectional view of the distal
  • Fig. 9 is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of an
  • Fig. 10 is an elevational view, partially in section of a
  • catheter suitable for detecting electrical activity.
  • Fig. 1 1 is a transverse cross-sectional view of the catheter of
  • Fig. 10 taken along the lines 1 1 -1 1 .
  • Fig . 1 2 is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of a guidewire
  • Fig. 13 is an elevational view of an occluding element
  • Fig. 14 is an elevational view of another occluding element
  • Fig. 1 5 is an elevational view of another occluding element
  • Fig. 1 6 is an elevational view of another occluding element
  • FIGs. 1 -3 illustrate one presently preferred method of the
  • an intravascular artery 10 of the patient's heart to determine the location of tissue causing arrhythmia and then occluding the coronary artery which directs oxygenated blood to such tissue to create an infarct therein and thereby terminate the arrythmia.
  • Fig. 1 an intravascular artery 10 of the patient's heart to determine the location of tissue causing arrhythmia and then occluding the coronary artery which directs oxygenated blood to such tissue to create an infarct therein and thereby terminate the arrythmia.
  • catheter 1 1 is disposed within coronary artery 10 and an intravascular
  • guidewire 12 is slidably disposed within inner lumen 13 of catheter 1 1 .
  • Catheter 1 1 has a plurality of sensing electrodes 14 on the distal section thereof and guidewire 12 has a plurality of sensing electrodes 15 on the distal portion thereof for detecting electrical activity so that tissue causing
  • the arrhythmia can be located within the patient's heart.
  • the guidewire 12 is withdrawn from the inner lumen 13 of the catheter 1 1 and an elongated flaccid coil 16 is hydraulically delivered within a bolus of suitable liquid, such a saline solution, through the inner lumen 13, as illustrated in Fig. 2.
  • a bolus of suitable liquid such as a saline solution
  • electrical activity of the patient's heart may be detected by a plurality of elongated intravascular sensing devices, with one sensing device 20 being disposed within the anterior interventricular branch of the left coronary artery 21 , a second sensing device 22 in the great cardiac vein 23 and a third sensing device 24 in the right coronary artery 25.
  • the intravascular sensing devices are guidewires.
  • FIG. 5-9 schematically illustrate in greater detail an elongated intravascular sensing device useful in the
  • a guidewire 30 which includes shaft 31 with a distal portion 32 and a proximal portion 33.
  • the shaft 31 is formed of a tubular member 34 formed of a plurality of braided or woven electrical conductors 35. While it is preferable that the conductors
  • the distal section 32 of the shaft 31 is provided with a plurality of electrodes 36 which are preferably arranged as pairs 37 to facilitate a bipolar or multipolar mode of operation.
  • a core member 38 is disposed within the inner lumen of the braided tubular member 34 and extends beyond the distal end thereof.
  • the distal end 39 of the core member 38 is preferably flattened, as
  • a distal coil 41 which is disposed about the distal end of the core member, is secured thereto by soldering, brazing,
  • the core member 38 may be
  • the proximal portion 33 of the shaft 31 has two extensions 43 and 44 which have multi-pin connectors 35 and 46 on the proximal ends thereof
  • each of the electrical conductors 45 being electrically connected to a
  • catheter 50 has an
  • fluoropolymers e.g. Teflon ® and polysulfones and hydrophilic polymers
  • a tubular member 53 is disposed about tubular lining and is
  • Electrodes 57 connected to electrodes 57. preferably arranged in pairs 58 to facilitate
  • braided layers may be desireable with more than eight electrode pairs 58.
  • Some of the strands 55 in each of the layers may be formed of
  • An outer jacket 56 extends the
  • the length of the shaft 51 and the portion of the jacket extending beyond the distal end of the braided tubular member 52 is tapered to provide a nontraumatic flexible distal tip 59.
  • the outer jacket 56 overlaps the edges of the electrodes 57 to avoid exposing a sharp metal edge when advancing the catheter
  • a guidewire 60 (shown in phanton) is slidably disposed within the inner lumen 52.
  • the catheter 50 may be used to direct diagnostic or
  • fluids containing cardioplegic materials such as
  • the intravascular catheter 48 may be utilized in conjunction with a conventional guidewire or with an intravascular device with a plurality of electrodes on a distal portion thereof such as described above.
  • the electrodes on the distal portions of the sensing devices are typically gold bands with widths of about 0.5 mm.
  • the distance between the electrodes of an electrode pair is typically about 1 mm and
  • the distance between electrode pairs is typically about 7-8 mm.
  • the overall length of the intravascular devices of the invention depend upon the site of introduction into the patient's peripheral vasculature but may range from about 80 to about 300 cm, typically
  • the flexible distal portions of the intervascular sensing devices are about 10 to about 50 cm in length and are configured to be readily advanceable through a patient's coronary arteries or cardiac veins.
  • the outer diameter of the catheter form of the sensing device should be less than about 0.055 inch (1 .4 mm) and preferably about 0.035 inch (0.89 mm) and the inner lumen thereof is about 0.012 to about 0.022 inch
  • the distal portion of the guidewire is about 15 to about 40 cm in length and about 0.008 to about 0.022 inch (0.2-0.56 mm) in outer diameter to facilitate advancement through blood vessels having native diameters of less than 1 mm, frequently less than 0.75 mm.
  • the distal coil on the guidewire is about 2 to about 10 cm in length and is formed of wire about 0.0003 to about 0.006 inch (0.0076-0.15 mm) in
  • It is preferably formed of platinum to facilitate fluoroscopic observation thereof within the patient, but it may be formed in whole or
  • the electrical conductors may be electrical grade copper wire about 0.005 inch (0.127 mm) in diameter which are
  • the outer jacket may be a thermoplastic fluoropolymer such as THV which is available from 3M Corporation.
  • the core wire of the guidewire may be formed of stainless steel or a superelastic NiTi type alloy, the latter exhibiting a stable austenite phase at body temperature. Proximal and distal sections of the core member may be formed of
  • catheters and guidewires for angioplasty procedures may be used in the making of the intravascular devices of the invention.
  • An alternative embodiment of the invention in the form of a guidewire 70 is shown in Fig. 1 2 which has a single pair of electrodes 71
  • a coil 73 is disposed about the distal portion of
  • securing may be effected by soldering, brazing, welding or suitable adhesive depending upon the
  • distal end of the guidewire 70 has a detachable vaso-occlusive coil 76
  • the core member 74 is
  • vaso-occlusive coil 7 at the connection 75.
  • the intravascular device shown in Fig. 12 may be used in
  • the guidewire 70 is advanced out of an
  • the core member 74 is severed by electrolytic activity so that the coil 76
  • Thrombus quickly forms within the interstices of the coiled mass to
  • section of the guidewire 20 may be used to monitor electrical activity to
  • Figure 13 shows a coil (90) suitable for use with this invention. It preferably has a diameter (91 ) of about 0.00075 to about 0.00225 inches, more preferably about 0.001 to about 0.002 inches. A separate end cap (92) or termination piece may be included at each end
  • the end cap or termination piece (92) may be a separate piece or a fused portion of the coil 90 or a bit of a filled material such as an epoxy.
  • the coil 90 is typically produced as a single-layer coil with a
  • outside diameter of the coil should be less than 0.010 inches, (0.25 mm) preferably between about 0.004 and 0.0095 inches (0.1 - 0.24 mm), and most preferably between 0.004 and 0.0075 inches (0.1 - 0.19 mm).
  • the coil is especially suitable for the noted service when the device (coil, braid, or combination) deflects more than about
  • the length of the coil may be between about 2 mm and about 120 cm, typically between about 30 cm and 120 cm.
  • the coil 90 may be produced from a ribbon whose major axis is between about 0.001 and
  • windings may be irregular or of varying pitch.
  • Suitable materials include biocompatible metals, polymers, and alloys, for instance, biocompatible, radiopaque metals include silver, gold, palladium, platinum, tungsten, iridium, rhodium, various stainless steels and alloys thereof.
  • a particularly suitable alloy is 92% (by weight) platinum and
  • the platinum-tungsten alloys desirably have a tensile strength of at least about 180 ksi (124 MPa) and, for a wire of a nominal 0.001 " diameter, have a breaking load of 0.17 lb. with a
  • FIG. 14 shows a braided (or otherwise) woven vaso-
  • occlusive device 100 is tubular and produced by weaving fibers or wires
  • Woven braids of this size are not common but are made according to
  • the braid may be made of a combination of those materials
  • polymer fibers such as dacron or cotton provide a ready substrate for clot
  • the Figure 14 braid or woven device 100 is of a diameter
  • termination pieces 103 may have a termination pieces 103 or end sections similar in constitution
  • braid may similarly be 2 mm to 1 20 cm.
  • Figure 1 5 shows a side view of a combination coil/braid
  • vaso-occlusive device 1 10 according to the invention. This combination
  • length of the device 1 10, as with those above, may be 2 mm to 120 cm.
  • the device 1 10 may also have caps or termination pieces (113) on the
  • Figure 16 shows another variation of a coil/braid combination 120.
  • the substrate coil 121 is identical to the coil shown in Figure 1 1 herein.
  • braid 122 is woven on the exterior of the coil.
  • the braid is more desirably a fibrous material such as dacron or cotton.
  • the braid may, however, be a radiopaque material such as the metals and alloys and polymers discussed above.
  • the braid may be joined by welding, melting, or by adhesion to the underlying coil 121.
  • the fluid ⁇ like properties of the coil within a carrier fluid enable it to conform to the complex geometry of certain fragile, abnormal blood vessels, and in so doing, minimize the risk of causing trauma to or perforation of those
  • the length of the coil is fairly short to allow "microcontrol" of the occlusion of the small cardiac arteries and resultant control of the arrhythmia.
  • the Gugiiemi et al. patent is incorporated herein in its entirety by reference.

Abstract

A method and system for treating a patient's heart exhibiting arrhythmia by first detecting electrical activity within the patient's heart to determine the location of the arrhythmogenic site or conductive pathway causing the arrhythmia and then creating an infarct within the region of the patient's heart where the arrhythmogenic site or the conductive pathway causing the arrhythmia is located by delivering an occluding element to a coronary artery which delivers oxygenated blood to said region of the patient's heart. In one presently preferred embodiment the occluding element is a flaccid or limp coil which when disposed in a coronary arterial passageway forms a randomly shaped, intertwined mass which quickly forms thrombus within the coronary artery to block the passage of oxygenated blood therethrough. The flaccid coil may be delivered through an inner lumen of a catheter which has a distal portion extending within the coronary artery.

Description

INTRA VASCULAR METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TREATING ARRHYTHMIA
RELATED APPLICATIONS This application is a continuation-in-part application of application Serial No. 08/010,818, filed January 29, 1993, application
Serial No. 08/043,449, filed April 5, 1993, and application Serial No. 08/057,294, filed May 5, 1993, which are incorporated herein in their entirety by reference. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention generally relates to the treatment of arrhythmia and particularly an intravascular method and system for treating arrhythmia.
Prior methods for treating a patient's arrhythmia include the
use of antiarrhythmic drugs such as sodium and calcium channel blockers or drugs which reduce the Beta-adrenergic activity. Other methods include the surgically sectioning the origin of the signals causing the
arrhythmia or the conducting pathway for such signals. More frequently,
however, in order to terminate an arrhythmia the arrhythmogenic site which causes the arrhythmia or conductive pathways which propagate aberrant signals are destroyed by heat, e.g. applying a laser beam or radio frequency (RF) energy to a desired location on the patient's endocardium. A major problem of ablating the origin of the signals or a conductive
pathway is to accurately determine the location of the site so that an
excessive amount of good tissue is not destroyed adjacent the site.
For example, the average arrhythmogenic site consists of about 1 .4 cm2 of endocardial tissue, whereas a re-entrant site might be much larger. RF ablation techniques produce lesions about 0.5 cm2 in diameter, so a number of lesions might be generated in order to
completely ablate the area of interest. If the site is not accurately mapped, much of the good tissue surrounding the site will be unnecessarily destroyed.
Other methods to terminate arrhythmia have been tried but they have not been used clinically to any great extent for a variety of reasons. For example, ethanol may be injected into a branch of a
coronary artery which feeds an arrhythmogenic region of the patient's heart or a conductive pathway therein to occlude the arterial passage and create a controlled infarct at the arrhythmogenic site or the conductive pathway to terminate the arrhythmia. However, due to reflux of the
ethanol, it is not always possible to control the region of cytotoxic activity within the heart. Additionally, over time, it has been found that the occluded arterial passageway frequently is subject to recanalization which can allow the arrhythmia to return.
What has been needed is an effective method and system for permanently occluding a portion of a patient's coronary artery which
feeds the tissue of a patient's heart causing the arrhythmia, such as an arrhythmogenic or re-entrant site or a conductive pathway, in order to the
terminate an arrhythmia.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
This invention is directed to a method and system for
treating a patient's heart exhibiting arrhythmia by effectively occluding an
arterial passageway which feeds oxygenated blood to heart tissue causing the arrhythmia and which preferably includes the intravascular detection of electrical activity or signals within a patient's heart causing the arrhythmia. In accordance with one aspect of the invention, the tissue causing the arrhythmia such as an arrhythmogenic or re-entry site or a
conductive pathway, is first located within a patient's heart, preferably intravascularly, and then an occluding element is advanced through the
patient's coronary arterial system to a small arterial vessel where the occluding element is deposited to block the flow of oxygenated blood
therethrough. The ischemic conditions created by such blockage distal to the occluding element ultimately leads to an infarct which terminates the arrhythmia. The occluding element of the invention remains in the coronary arterial passageway, so there is little tendency for recanalization to occur which might lead to the recurrence of the arrhythmia.
In one presently preferred embodiment of the invention, the
occluding member is an open-bodied element such as a flexible helical coil
or a braided tubular element which, when deposited in a small coronary arterial passageway, will promptly form thrombus and thereby occlude the arterial passageway. Preferably, the thrombus forming element is limp or flaccid so that when introduced into the arterial passageway it will form a
randomly shaped, intertwined mass in which thrombus quickly forms to occlude the arterial passageway. Other means for occluding the arterial passageway include expandable occluding elements such as an inflatable balloon or an expandable mechanical element which blocks fluid flow
through the passageway. The occluding means is preferably delivered to the desired location within the arterial passageway of the patient's heart by an intravascular catheter which has an inner lumen extending therein to a discharge port in the distal end of the catheter.
One presently preferred embodiment of the invention is an exceptionally flexible, ultrasoft vaso-occlusive or embolism device which is made of a radiopaque material which may be braided or coiled to form a long, thin threadlike device having little rigidity or column strength. The
diameter of the device may be less than about 0.010 inches (0.25 mm), preferably less than about 0.0075 inches (0.19 mm) in diameter. The
wire making up the device is typically of a diameter less than about 0.002 (0.05 mm) inches. The device is sufficiently flexible and small that it may be hydraulically delivered to a site within a coronary artery of a human heart using a catheter. The device is so light that it typically cannot be pushed from the catheter in the way that coils are often introduced into
vascular site. Because of their flexibility and size, there is little
opportunity for friction to develop with the catheter lumen.
The occluding device typically assumes a loose, random, intertwined mass after being ejected from the catheter tip at the selected
arterial site. The device, whether coil or braid, may be used in
conjunction with larger coils or braids to achieve a denser occlusion.
This embodiment also includes first introducing a vaso- occlusive coil having a larger diameter to the vascular site desired by the attending physician, followed by the introduction of the flaccid coil of this embodiment so as to fill the interstices left by the larger coil and thereby
form a denser occlusion. The coils may also be introduced by
themselves, if so desired.
In another presently preferred embodiment, an elongated intravascular catheter used for delivering the occluding element has a plurality of sensing electrodes on the distal section thereof. After the occluding element is delivered into the arterial passageway through the inner lumen of the catheter, the sensing electrodes on the distal section of the catheter may be used to monitor the electrical activity from within
the arterial passageway to determine whether the arrhythmia has been effectively terminated. If it is determined that the arrhythmia has not been completely terminated by injecting a first occluding coil, other step
may be taken such as delivering a second occluding element such as a
coil through the inner lumen of the catheter to the blockage site to further
occlude the arterial passageway to ensure the complete termination of the arrhythmia.
Once the arrhythmia has been terminated in accordance with the present invention, there is little likelihood that recanalization of the
arterial passageway will occur and that the arrhythmia will reappear.
The preferred method to detect electrical activity within the patient's heart tissue causing arrhythmia is to position one or more elongated intravascular devices having sensing electrode on the distal section thereof within coronary arteries and/or cardiac veins of patient's heart. A suitable intravascular device has an elongated shaft with a proximal section and a distal section which is configured to be considerably more flexible than the proximal section and to be advanceable through a patient's tortuous coronary anatomy. The distal section has a plurality of electrodes spaced along a length of the distal section. Preferably, up to 20 or more bipolar electrode pairs may be provided along the distal section of the shaft. The sensing electrodes are electrically connected to electrical conductors which extend from the
electrode to which they are connected to the proximal end of the shaft. In a presently preferred embodiment, the shaft of the intravascular sensing device is formed of a plurality of insulated electrical conductors which are braided or woven into an elongated tubular member, although
not all of the strands which make up the braided or woven tubular
member need be electrical conductors. Underneath each sensing electrode, the insulation on an individual conductor is removed to expose the bare conductor so that an electrical connection can be made between the electrode and the conductor. The electrical connection should be
secured by suitable means such as conductive solder or brazing material.
Moreover, the electrodes should also be secured to the underlying tubular
member by other suitable means such as an adhesive to ensure that appropriate electrical contact with the exposed conductors is maintained even though there is a brazed or soldered electrical connection.
One form of a suitable elongated intravascular sensing device
is a guidewire. The distal section of the guidewire having a plurality of sensing electrodes has a flexible tip coil which is distal to the length on which the electrodes are mounted and which is disposed about the distal extremity of a core member which extends through the interior of the
shaft. The distal end of the core member may be manually shapable by the physician to facilitate steering the guidewire when it is being advanced within the patient's coronary anatomy by torquing the proximal end which extends outside of the patient. A smooth rounded tip is provided at the distal end of the coil to avoid damage to the patient's vasculature when being advanced therethrough. A safety or shaping ribbon may extend from the distal end of the core member to the rounded
tip in conventional guidewire fashion, commonly called a "floppy tip", to
allow the distal portion to be manually shaped and also to prevent the
loss of the distal tip of the guidewire within the patient's coronary vasculature.
The intravascular sensing device may also be in the form of a
catheter which has proximal and distal sections with the distal section
being more flexible that the proximal section and having a plurality of
electrodes as in the guidewire form. In addition, the catheter has an
elongated inner lumen extending from the proximal end to a discharge or guidewire port in the distal end of the device. The distal end of the catheter having the discharge port may be provided with a soft tip to minimize traumatic engagement with a blood vessel wall when being advanced therein. The catheter form allows an occluding element to be passed through the inner lumen into the arterial passageway and the sensing electrodes on the distal section thereof allows electrical activity to be monitored in order to determine the effectiveness of the arterial blockage and particularly whether the arrhythmia has been terminated. The inner lumen of the catheter may be configured to facilitate the
slidable disposition of a conventional guidewire or a guidewire version of the sensing device of the invention such as described above. The use of a plurality of elongated intravascular devices is preferred so that they can be advanced into separate blood vessels of the
patient's heart to detect electrical activity in a plurality of intravascular locations, thereby providing more comprehensive or global mapping of the patient's heart and a more accurate location of tissue causing an arrhythmia. The positions of the intravascular sensing devices may be adjusted within the individual blood vessels to optimize the reception of the electrical activity to provide a greater degree of accuracy in detecting
the ectopic foci.
The use of intravascular sensing devices to locate the tissue
causing the arrhythmia simplifies the treatment procedures and reduces the overall time for the procedure. If the sensing device is a catheter, the occluding element can be quickly advanced through the inner lumen
thereof. If the sensing device is a guidewire, a catheter with an inner lumen may be quickly advanced over the in-place guidewire, the guidewire removed and an occluding element advanced through the inner lumen of the catheter.
These and other advantages will become more apparent from the following detailed description of the invention and the accompanying exemplary drawings.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS Fig. 1 is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of catheter- guidewire assembly for detecting electrical signals within a coronary
artery.
Fig. 2 is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of the catheter
shown in Fig. 1 with the guidewire removed and a mass of occluding coil
being hydraulicaily propelled along the inner lumen of the catheter.
Fig. 3 is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of the distal
portion of the catheter shown in Fig. 1 with the mass of coil deposited
within the arterial passageway an thrombus formed in the mass occluding
the passageway of the coronary artery.
Fig. 4 is an anterior view of coronary arteries and cardiac
veins of a human heart with portions of the right coronary artery, the
anterior interventricular branch of the left coronary artery and the great cardiac vein being in section to illustrate intravascular devices disposed
therein.
Fig. 5 is an elevational view of a guidewire suitable for
detecting electrical activity.
Fig. 6 is an enlarged longitudinal cross-sectional view of a
distal portion of the guidewire shown in Fig. 5.
Fig. 7 is an enlarged longitudinal cross-sectional view of the
distal portion of a guidewire similar to the one shown in Fig. 6 but having
a shaft formed of a plurality of braided layers. Fig. 8 is a transverse cross-sectional view of the distal
portion of the guidewire shown in Fig. 7 taken along the lines 8-8.
Fig. 9 is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of an
intermediate portion of the guidewire shown in Fig. 5 taken along the
lines 9-9.
Fig. 10 is an elevational view, partially in section of a
catheter suitable for detecting electrical activity.
Fig. 1 1 is a transverse cross-sectional view of the catheter of
Fig. 10 taken along the lines 1 1 -1 1 .
Fig . 1 2 is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of a guidewire
having a releasable occluding element on its distal end.
Fig. 13 is an elevational view of an occluding element
suitable for use with the invention.
Fig. 14 is an elevational view of another occluding element
suitable for use with the invention.
Fig. 1 5 is an elevational view of another occluding element
suitable for use with the invention.
Fig. 1 6 is an elevational view of another occluding element
suitable for use with the invention. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Figs. 1 -3 illustrate one presently preferred method of the
invention wherein electrical activity of a patient is detected from within a
coronary artery 10 of the patient's heart to determine the location of tissue causing arrhythmia and then occluding the coronary artery which directs oxygenated blood to such tissue to create an infarct therein and thereby terminate the arrythmia. As is shown in Fig. 1 , an intravascular
catheter 1 1 is disposed within coronary artery 10 and an intravascular
guidewire 12 is slidably disposed within inner lumen 13 of catheter 1 1 .
Catheter 1 1 has a plurality of sensing electrodes 14 on the distal section thereof and guidewire 12 has a plurality of sensing electrodes 15 on the distal portion thereof for detecting electrical activity so that tissue causing
the arrhythmia can be located within the patient's heart. When the tissue
causing the arrhythmia is located, the guidewire 12 is withdrawn from the inner lumen 13 of the catheter 1 1 and an elongated flaccid coil 16 is hydraulically delivered within a bolus of suitable liquid, such a saline solution, through the inner lumen 13, as illustrated in Fig. 2. When the coil 16 is deposited into the passageway of the coronary artery 10, it forms a randomly shaped intertwined mass 17. Thrombus 18 quickly forms within the interstices of the coil mass to effectively occlude the arterial passageway.
As shown in Fig. 4, electrical activity of the patient's heart may be detected by a plurality of elongated intravascular sensing devices, with one sensing device 20 being disposed within the anterior interventricular branch of the left coronary artery 21 , a second sensing device 22 in the great cardiac vein 23 and a third sensing device 24 in the right coronary artery 25. As shown, the intravascular sensing devices are guidewires.
Reference is made to Figs. 5-9 which schematically illustrate in greater detail an elongated intravascular sensing device useful in the
present invention which is in the form of a guidewire 30 which includes shaft 31 with a distal portion 32 and a proximal portion 33. The shaft 31 is formed of a tubular member 34 formed of a plurality of braided or woven electrical conductors 35. While it is preferable that the conductors
35 be interwoven into the tubular member 34, they may be twisted or
wound about a mandrel or the core member 38. In the latter case the
inner and outer layers of conductors would be laid out diagonally but the conductors of one layer would be laid in the opposite direction to that of the conductors in the other layer. Usually, the wound or twisted
conductors are secured together by suitable adhesive which makes the shaft relatively stiff, whereas with the interwoven conductors there is sufficient interlocking of the conductors that adhesives are not usually
needed with the result of a more flexible shaft 31 . The distal section 32 of the shaft 31 is provided with a plurality of electrodes 36 which are preferably arranged as pairs 37 to facilitate a bipolar or multipolar mode of operation. A core member 38 is disposed within the inner lumen of the braided tubular member 34 and extends beyond the distal end thereof. The distal end 39 of the core member 38 is preferably flattened, as
shown in Fig. 6, and extends and is joined to a smooth rounded distal tip 40 which is formed when a distal coil 41 , which is disposed about the distal end of the core member, is secured thereto by soldering, brazing,
welding or a body of adhesive and the like. The core member 38 may be
provided with one or more tapers 42 as with conventional guidewires.
The proximal portion 33 of the shaft 31 has two extensions 43 and 44 which have multi-pin connectors 35 and 46 on the proximal ends thereof
with each of the electrical conductors 45 being electrically connected to a
separate pin.
Details of the catheter form of the sensing device are best
illustrated in Figs. 10 and 1 1 . In this embodiment, catheter 50 has an
elongated shaft 51 with an inner lumen 52 defined by an inner tubular
element or lining which is preferably formed of lubricous material such as
fluoropolymers, e.g. Teflon® and polysulfones and hydrophilic polymers
such as polyvinylpyrrolidone, polyethylene oxide and acrylate-based
polymers. A tubular member 53 is disposed about tubular lining and is
formed of at least one braided layer 54 comprising a plurality of the
strands 55 which are insulated electrical conductors electrically
connected to electrodes 57. preferably arranged in pairs 58 to facilitate
bipolar mode operation. While not shown in the drawing, a plurality of
braided layers may be desireable with more than eight electrode pairs 58.
Some of the strands 55 in each of the layers may be formed of
nonconducting materials such as nylon. An outer jacket 56 extends the
length of the shaft 51 and the portion of the jacket extending beyond the distal end of the braided tubular member 52 is tapered to provide a nontraumatic flexible distal tip 59. As in the previously described embodiments, the outer jacket 56 overlaps the edges of the electrodes 57 to avoid exposing a sharp metal edge when advancing the catheter
through a patient's blood vessel. A guidewire 60 (shown in phanton) is slidably disposed within the inner lumen 52.
The catheter 50 may be used to direct diagnostic or
therapeutic fluids to distal locations within a patients coronary
vasculature. For example, fluids containing cardioplegic materials such as
iced saline, solutions of KCI, lidocaine, procaineamide hydrochloride and
the like can be delivered to a region of the patient's heart which is believed to contain the tissue causing the arrhythmia. If the arrhythmia stops upon the delivery of the cardioplegic agent through a coronary artery feeding the region of the patient's heart, then the operator is assured that the artery through which the agent is delivered feeds the tissue causing the arrhythmia. The intravascular catheter 48 may be utilized in conjunction with a conventional guidewire or with an intravascular device with a plurality of electrodes on a distal portion thereof such as described above.
When using an approach to the patient's heart through the femoral artery or femoral vein, it is frequently helpful to utilize one or more guiding catheters (as shown in Fig. 4) to guide the intravascular sensing devices of the invention to the coronary artery ostium or the
1B coronary sinus ostium. Such guiding catheters frequently have specially shaped distal tips to facilitating the seating thereof within the desired
ostium. The use of guiding catheter eliminates the need to direct the
distal tip of a catheter or a guidewire of the invention into the desire
ostium.
The electrodes on the distal portions of the sensing devices are typically gold bands with widths of about 0.5 mm. The distance between the electrodes of an electrode pair is typically about 1 mm and
the distance between electrode pairs is typically about 7-8 mm.
The overall length of the intravascular devices of the invention depend upon the site of introduction into the patient's peripheral vasculature but may range from about 80 to about 300 cm, typically
about 135 cm for delivery through the femoral artery or vein and about 90 cm for delivery through the brachiocephalic artery or internal jugular vein. The flexible distal portions of the intervascular sensing devices are about 10 to about 50 cm in length and are configured to be readily advanceable through a patient's coronary arteries or cardiac veins. The outer diameter of the catheter form of the sensing device should be less than about 0.055 inch (1 .4 mm) and preferably about 0.035 inch (0.89 mm) and the inner lumen thereof is about 0.012 to about 0.022 inch
(0.3-0.56 mm) in diameter to facilitate the reception and advancement of a guidewire therethrough. The distal portion of the guidewire is about 15 to about 40 cm in length and about 0.008 to about 0.022 inch (0.2-0.56 mm) in outer diameter to facilitate advancement through blood vessels having native diameters of less than 1 mm, frequently less than 0.75 mm. The distal coil on the guidewire is about 2 to about 10 cm in length and is formed of wire about 0.0003 to about 0.006 inch (0.0076-0.15 mm) in
diameter. It is preferably formed of platinum to facilitate fluoroscopic observation thereof within the patient, but it may be formed in whole or
in part with other material such as stainless steel, titanium, palladium, niobium, iridium, rhodium and alloys thereof.
To the extent not previously described, the materials of construction of the various guidewire and catheter parts may be formed
of conventional materials. The electrical conductors may be electrical grade copper wire about 0.005 inch (0.127 mm) in diameter which are
provided with a thin insulated jacket or coating of polyimide or other
suitable insulator. The outer jacket may be a thermoplastic fluoropolymer such as THV which is available from 3M Corporation. The core wire of the guidewire may be formed of stainless steel or a superelastic NiTi type alloy, the latter exhibiting a stable austenite phase at body temperature. Proximal and distal sections of the core member may be formed of
different materials so as to provide a stronger proximal section for greater pushability and a more flexible distal section to facilitate passage through tortuous coronary anatomy. Manufacturing techniques used in making
catheters and guidewires for angioplasty procedures may be used in the making of the intravascular devices of the invention. An alternative embodiment of the invention in the form of a guidewire 70 is shown in Fig. 1 2 which has a single pair of electrodes 71
on distal section 72. A coil 73 is disposed about the distal portion of
core member 74 distal to the distal electrode 71 and it is secured to the
core member by a suitable means 75. Such securing may be effected by soldering, brazing, welding or suitable adhesive depending upon the
materials from which the coil 73 and the core member 74 are made. The
distal end of the guidewire 70 has a detachable vaso-occlusive coil 76
attached at the most distal end of the guidewire. The core member 74 is
extended past the separator tip 77 and forms an electrical connection
with vaso-occlusive coil 7 at the connection 75.
The intravascular device shown in Fig. 12 may be used in
the following fashion. The guidewire 70 is advanced out of an
intravascular catheter into a desired location within a coronary artery of
the patient and the connection between the vaso-occlusive coil 76 and
the core member 74 is severed by electrolytic activity so that the coil 76
is released from the guidewire. When released, the coil 86 forms a
randomly shaped intertwined mass similar to that shown in Fig. 3.
Thrombus quickly forms within the interstices of the coiled mass to
occlude the arterial passageway. The sensing electrodes 71 on the distal
section of the guidewire 20 may be used to monitor electrical activity to
ensure that the arrhythmia has been terminated . Figure 13 shows a coil (90) suitable for use with this invention. It preferably has a diameter (91 ) of about 0.00075 to about 0.00225 inches, more preferably about 0.001 to about 0.002 inches. A separate end cap (92) or termination piece may be included at each end
of the coil 90 to prevent the coil from catching on the interior of the catheter or a blood vessel. The end cap or termination piece (92) may be a separate piece or a fused portion of the coil 90 or a bit of a filled material such as an epoxy.
The coil 90 is typically produced as a single-layer coil with a
minimum helical pitch, I.e. the windings are fairly closely packed. The
outside diameter of the coil should be less than 0.010 inches, (0.25 mm) preferably between about 0.004 and 0.0095 inches (0.1 - 0.24 mm), and most preferably between 0.004 and 0.0075 inches (0.1 - 0.19 mm). The soft, flexible coil thus produced is cut to desired lengths after the
formation thereof. The coil is especially suitable for the noted service when the device (coil, braid, or combination) deflects more than about
20° (preferably more than about 35°) under its own weight over the first centimeter of length, when supported at a single end. The length of the coil may be between about 2 mm and about 120 cm, typically between about 30 cm and 120 cm.
Instead of the wire shown in Figure 13, the coil 90 may be produced from a ribbon whose major axis is between about 0.001 and
about 0.002 (0.025 - 0.05 mm) inches and whose minor axis is about 0.0005 and about 0.001 inches (0.013 - 0.025 mm) . Coils produced from ribbons are often moderately stiffer than those produced from wire. Smaller diameter coils are often more readily produced.
The regularity of winding shown in Figure 13 is not
mandatory; the windings may be irregular or of varying pitch. The coil
(90) shown in Figure 13 (and the variations of the invention which are described below) may be produced from any of a number of different materials. The material should be radiopaque so that the coil and its
position may be readily monitored within the human vasculature. Suitable materials include biocompatible metals, polymers, and alloys, for instance, biocompatible, radiopaque metals include silver, gold, palladium, platinum, tungsten, iridium, rhodium, various stainless steels and alloys thereof. A particularly suitable alloy is 92% (by weight) platinum and
8% (by weight ) tungsten. The platinum-tungsten alloys desirably have a tensile strength of at least about 180 ksi (124 MPa) and, for a wire of a nominal 0.001 " diameter, have a breaking load of 0.17 lb. with a
minimum elongation of 2% measured at a speed of 1.0 in/min. Various biocompatible polymers including polyethylene, polyurethane, polypropylene, and the like are suitable for use in these devices, but, because of their lack of radiopacity, must usually be teamed with a radiopaque marker to allow proper positioning of the coil within the body. Similarly, other inorganic materials such as fibrous carbon are suitable and may be used in the invention. Figure 14 shows a braided (or otherwise) woven vaso-
occlusive device 100 suitable for use in the invention. The braided
occlusive device 100 is tubular and produced by weaving fibers or wires
over a mandrel much in the same way the coil of Figure 13 was made.
Woven braids of this size are not common but are made according to
known techniques. The wire or fibers in this variation of the invention
may be any of the radiopaque or polymeric materials noted above, and
additionally the braid may be made of a combination of those materials
either alone or in combination with other suitable polymeric or filamentary
materials such as dacron, cotton, or other materials. Natural or synthetic
polymer fibers such as dacron or cotton provide a ready substrate for clot
formation in the interior region of a vessel. Often the radiopaque portion
of the coil provides only a way to anchor the acyl onto the vessel wall at
the site of release.
The Figure 14 braid or woven device 100 is of a diameter
101 similar to the diameter of the device shown in Figure 1 3. The braid
may have a termination pieces 103 or end sections similar in constitution
to the analogous portion shown in Figure 1 1 above. The length of the
braid may similarly be 2 mm to 1 20 cm.
Figure 1 5 shows a side view of a combination coil/braid
vaso-occlusive device 1 10 according to the invention. This combination
is a sequence of coils 1 1 1 and braids 1 1 2 similar in make-up and size as
the devices shown in Figures 1 2 and 1 3. Lengths of various coils 1 1 1 and braids 1 12, each often 2 mm to 20 cm in length, are joined together at their respective ends to form the combination device. The overall
length of the device 1 10, as with those above, may be 2 mm to 120 cm.
The device 1 10 may also have caps or termination pieces (113) on the
ends of the device.
Figure 16 shows another variation of a coil/braid combination 120. In this variation, however, as is shown by the cutaway insert, the substrate coil 121 is identical to the coil shown in Figure 1 1 herein. The
braid 122 is woven on the exterior of the coil. In this instance, the braid is more desirably a fibrous material such as dacron or cotton. The braid may, however, be a radiopaque material such as the metals and alloys and polymers discussed above. The braid may be joined by welding, melting, or by adhesion to the underlying coil 121.
Each of the variations discussed above, when provided in the proper size range and materials, is an extremely soft and flexible device, whether the device by coil or braid. These devices exert little, if any,
radial force on the blood vessels into which they are placed. The fluid¬ like properties of the coil within a carrier fluid enable it to conform to the complex geometry of certain fragile, abnormal blood vessels, and in so doing, minimize the risk of causing trauma to or perforation of those
blood vessels. Such flow properties also enable coil placement in coronary vasculature currently unreachable by other occluding elements. Vaso-occlusive coils and their method of introduction are
discussed in detail in U.S. Patent No. 5,122,136 (Gugiiemi er a/.). In
cardiac occlusion, the length of the coil is fairly short to allow "microcontrol" of the occlusion of the small cardiac arteries and resultant control of the arrhythmia. The Gugiiemi et al. patent is incorporated herein in its entirety by reference.
Alternative vaso-occlusive devices including tubular braids,
as found in Serial No. 07/965,973, and coils with or without fibrous
attachments, such as found in Serial No. 07/771 ,013 or 07/978,230,
may simply be pushed through the catheter lumen using a guidewire. The aforesaid applications are incorporated herein in their entirety by reference.
The present invention has been described herein in terms of
certain preferred embodiments but various modifications and improvements may be made to the present invention without departing from the scope thereof.

Claims

WHAT IS CLAIMED IS:
1. A method for treating a patient's heart exhibiting arrhythmia,
comprising:
a) locating tissue within the patient's heart which is causing the arrhythmia; and b) delivering an occluding element to a coronary arterial passageway which feeds oxygenated blood to the tissue causing
the arrhythmia to block the flow of oxygenated blood to said tissue creating an infarct therein and thereby terminating the arrhythmia.
2. The method of claim 1 wherein the occluding element occludes the arterial passageway by forming thrombus therein.
3. The method of claim 1 wherein the occluding element permanently occludes the arterial passageway.
4. The method of claim 1 wherein the tissue causing the arrhythmia is located by means of at least one elongated intravascular device having a plurality of electrodes on a distal portion thereof which is disposed within a coronary artery or a cardiac vein.
5. The method of claim 1 wherein the occluding element is a helically wound wire coil.
6. The method of claim 1 wherein the occluding element is
releaseably secured to a distal end of a guidewire, the guidewire is advanced through the patient's coronary artery until the releaseably
secured occluding element is positioned at a desired location within the coronary artery and the occluding element is released to occlude the
arterial passageway at the desired location.
7. The method of claim 1 wherein a catheter having proximal and distal ends and an inner lumen extending therein to a port in the distal end thereof is advanced through the coronary artery until the distal end of the catheter is at the desired location and the occluding element is advanced through the inner lumen of the catheter until it extends out the port in the distal end of the catheter into the coronary artery where the occluding member occludes the arterial passageway.
8. The method of claim 7 wherein the tissue causing the arrhythmia is located by means of a plurality of sensing electrodes on a distal portion of the catheter which detect electrical activity from such tissue.
9. The method of claim 8 wherein the electrical activity is detected in a bipolar mode.
10. A method for treating a patient's heart exhibiting arrhythmia,
comprising:
a) determining the location of tissue of the patient's
heart which causes the arrhythmia;
b) providing an intravascular catheter having proximal
and distal ends, a discharge port in the distal end and an inner
lumen extending therein to the discharge port.
c) advancing the intravascular catheter through a
patient's coronary artery to a location therein which feeds oxygenated
blood to the tissue of the patient's heart which causes the
arrhythmia; and d) directing an occluding element through the inner
lumen of the catheter into the coronary artery to the location to
occlude the arterial passageway to create an infarct in the tissue
and thereby terminate the arrhythmia.
1 1 . The method of claim 10 wherein the occluding element
introduced into the arterial passageway is a flaccid coil which forms a
randomly shaped, intertwined mass when introduced into the arterial
passageway.
1 2. The method of claim 1 1 wherein the flaccid coil is
hydraulically delivered through the inner lumen of the catheter into the
arterial passageway.
1 3. The method of claim 1 1 wherein the coil has a diameter of
less than 0.01 inch.
14. The method of claim 1 3 wherein the helically wound wire
coil is releaseably secured to a distal end of a guidewire which is
advanced through the inner lumen of the catheter.
1 5. The method of claim 1 1 wherein the flaccid coil forms
thrombus which occludes the coronary artery passageway.
1 6. The method of claim 1 1 wherein the region of the patient's
heart causing the arrhythmia is determined by advancing at least one
intravascular sensing device having a plurality of sensing electrodes on a
distal section thereof within a coronary artery or a cardiac vein of the
patient's heart and sensing electrical activity by means of sensing
electrodes on the distal section of the intravascular sensing device from
within the coronary artery or the cardiac vein.
1 7. An elongated intravascular device for treating a patient's heart which exhibits arrhythmia, comprising:
a) an elongated shaft having a proximal section and a
distal section which is much shorter than the proximal section and
which is configured to be advanced within a coronary artery
disposed within a region of the patient's heart from which electrical
activity causing the arrhythmia originates or is conducted;
b) a plurality of sensing electrodes specially disposed on
the distal shaft section which are adapted to receive electrical
signals from within the coronary artery disposed within the region
of the patient's heart;
c) a plurality of electrical conductors which are
electrically connected to separate sensing electrodes on the distal
shaft section, which extend to a proximal extremity of the
elongated shaft, and which are adapted to transfer electrical signals
received by the sensing electrode connected thereto; and
d) a occluding element releaseably secured to the distal end of the intravascular device which is adapted to form thrombus
when disposed within a patient's coronary artery and to thereby
occlude the artery.
18. The elongated intervascular device of claim 1 7 wherein the
occluding element is a helical coil.
19. The elongated intravascular device of claim 18 wherein a proximal portion of the helical coil is secured by a solder to the distal end of the shaft.
20. The elongated intervascular device of claim 19 wherein the
solder securing the proximal portion of the helical coil to the distal end of
the shaft is subject to electrolysis when disposed within a patient's coronary artery to sever the helical coil from the distal end of the shaft.
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