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. 2022 Jun 9;23(6):211. doi: 10.31083/j.rcm2306211

Fig. 8.

Fig. 8.

CorInnova device delivery. (A–C) Fluoroscopic images showing use of the deployment tube and self-deploying wire frame to successfully place the device in the pericardial sac. (D) The surgeon pushes the device out of the delivery tube and into the pericardial sac. Deployment with this method has a success rate of 100% to date and an average placement time of <20 seconds once the tube is placed at the pericardial opening. Fig. 8A–C, adapted from [44] Hord EC, Bolch CM, Tuzun E, Cohn WE, Leschinsky B, Criscione JC. Evaluation of the CorInnova heart assist device in an acute heart failure model. The Journal of Cardiovascular Translational Research. 2019; 12: 155–163, under Creative Commons License CC BY 4.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Fig. 8D courtesy of CorInnova, Inc.