Catheter device and associated Medical examination and treatment apparatus as well as associated method

摘要

A catheter device for treating a cardiac valve disease, which catheter device has a flexible catheter sheath enclosing a catheter cavity and a catheter-specific module disposed at the proximal end close to the catheter tip for the purpose of transporting and positioning a cardiac valve implant and/or for surgically modeling a cardiac valve, is to be embodied in such a way that the risk associated with a cardiac valve intervention is reduced further in comparison with concepts known and practiced in the prior art. Toward that end at least one sensor for imaging is inventively provided in the region of the catheter tip.