Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Apparatus and method for ensuring thermal treatment of a hollow anatomical structure
- Patent Title (中): 用于确保中空解剖结构的热处理的装置和方法
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Application No.: US11491067Application Date: 2006-07-21
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Publication No.: US08721634B2Publication Date: 2014-05-13
- Inventor: Brady David Esch , Radit Tantisira , Russell Blake Thompson , Brian Eugene Farley , Jeffrey J. Christian
- Applicant: Brady David Esch , Radit Tantisira , Russell Blake Thompson , Brian Eugene Farley , Jeffrey J. Christian
- Applicant Address: US MA Mansfield
- Assignee: Covidien LP
- Current Assignee: Covidien LP
- Current Assignee Address: US MA Mansfield
- Agent Thomas M. Johnston, Esq.
- Main IPC: A61B18/08
- IPC: A61B18/08

Abstract:
A working end of a catheter includes at least one therapeutic element, such as a resistive heating element, usable to deliver energy for ligating, or reducing the diameter of, a hollow anatomical structure. In certain examples, the catheter includes a lumen to accommodate a guide wire or to allow fluid delivery. In certain embodiments, a balloon is inflated to place resistive element(s) into apposition with a hollow anatomical structure and to occlude the structure. Indexing devices and methods are also disclosed for successively treating portions of the hollow anatomical structure. In certain examples, marks along the catheter shaft provide visual verification to the physician of the relative position of the therapeutic element of the catheter. Embodiments of indexing devices may include pairs of rings and/or hinged arms that move a catheter a desired indexed position between successive treatments.
Public/Granted literature
- US20070050000A1 Apparatus and method for ensuring thermal treatment of a hollow anatomical structure Public/Granted day:2007-03-01
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