Invention Application
- Patent Title: Devices, Systems, and Methods for Positioning an Elongate Member within a Body Lumen
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Application No.: US17742699Application Date: 2022-05-12
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Publication No.: US20220361859A1Publication Date: 2022-11-17
- Inventor: Diana Catalina RODRIGUEZ FORERO , Gonzalo Jose SAENZ VILLALOBOS , Kevin MCEVILLY , Elias Milad SIBANI , Daniel CALVO CAMACHO , Alejandro BRENES ACOSTA
- Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED INC.
- Applicant Address: US MN Maple Grove
- Assignee: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED INC.
- Current Assignee: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US MN Maple Grove
- Main IPC: A61B10/04
- IPC: A61B10/04 ; A61B10/02 ; A61B1/00 ; A61B17/34 ; A61B1/267

Abstract:
The present disclosure relates generally to positioning elongate members at a target site within a body lumen, such as for acquiring a biopsy from a peripheral airway. Some embodiments are particularly directed to an elongate member with an embedded transducer positioned at a predefined rotational angle with respect to a projected position of an instrument extended out of a distal opening of a first lumen in the elongate member. In many such embodiments, a rotational transducer may be positioned within a second lumen in the elongate member to generate a radial image including indicia of the embedded transducer. Accordingly, an operator may determine a projected position of the instrument prior to extending the instrument out of the lumen. In several embodiments, the embedded transducer may include a forward imaging transducer, such as a fiber optic.
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