摘要:
A catheter having a cryogenic section at its distal end is provided to perform a neuromodulation of a renal artery. When positioned in the artery, the cryogenic section can be reconfigured from a tube-like configuration into a helical configuration. When in its helical configuration, the cryogenic section makes contact with the inner wall of the renal artery, along a predetermined length, through a 360° pitch. Cryogenic fluid is then introduced into the cryogenic section to neuromodulate the renal artery.
摘要:
Provided is a balloon catheter having a reduced diameter and improved insertion characteristics. This balloon catheter 10 has an inner tube 20 having a main lumen 21 and also has an outer tube 30 for forming an expansion lumen 31. A part of the inner tube 20 is connected to the outer tube 30 at a position closer to the proximal end than a balloon 40, a side hole 45, through which the main lumen 21 is open to the outside, is provided at the connection section, and a weak section 28 is provided to the inner tube 20 at a position closer to the distal end than the side hole 45, the weak section 28 having lower rigidity than the remaining portion of the inner tube 20, the weak section 28 being configured so that, when the balloon 40 is expanded by fluid supplied to the expansion lumen 31, the weak section 28 is pressed by the fluid pressure to close the main lumen 21 of the inner tube 20.
摘要:
A treatment tool includes a second sheath (12) having a slit (12e) through which a guide wire is configured to be taken in and out of a first lumen, and a sheath-retaining part having a guide wire insertion opening (20b) having a slit (20c) and a main opening (20d), wherein a first end portion of the second sheath (12) has a first side cut surface (12g) and a second side cut surface (12h) intersecting in an X-shape, an axially cut surface formed by cutting in parallel to a central axis (O12) from an end surface (12k), an opening surrounded by the first side cut surface (12g), the second side cut surface (12h), and the axially cut surface and communicating with the first lumen at a position overlapping the main opening (20d), and a piece-like part.
摘要:
A system (10) including an helicoidal member (16); an elongated guide (26) positionable at least partially through the helicoidal member (16) along the longitudinal axis of helicoidal member (16), the guide (26) defining a longitudinally extending peripheral surface cooled portion (32); a cooling subsystem (33) for cooling the peripheral surface cooled portion (32); and a driver (34) for mounting the helicoidal member (16) thereto and rotating the helicoidal member (16) along the helicoidal member longitudinal axis while allowing the helicoidal member (16) to advance along the guide (26) in a distally oriented direction.
摘要:
A torque device for selectively securing, engaging, or gripping an elongate medical device is disclosed. The torque device can be configured to permit torquing of the elongate medical device by manipulation of the torque device. A securement mechanism for selectively securing, engaging, or gripping an elongate medical device is also disclosed. The securement mechanism may be adapted for use with the disclosed torque device, or the securement mechanism may also be adapted for use with other medical devices. For example, the securement mechanism may be adapted for use with a suture securement apparatus.
摘要:
To provide a drainage tube and a drainage tube-including endoscope in which the drainage tube can be indwelled in a bile duct or pancreatic duct easily without forcing a patient to bear an excessive strain. A drainage tube 200 is attached along the longitudinal direction of an endoscope insertion portion 15 to a front end portion of the endoscope insertion portion inserted into the bile duct 65 or pancreatic duct 66. The drainage tube 200 has: a front end side tube region 51 which is fixed to the outer circumference of the front end portion of the endoscope insertion portion 15 and which has radial elasticity so as not to collapse at the time of insertion into a duodenal papilla; and a rear end side tube region 53 which is provided so as to be consecutive to the front end side tube region 51, which has an extension length so as to be separate from the front end portion of the endoscope insertion portion 15 and which has lower radial elasticity than that of the front end side tube region 51.
摘要:
A catheter may include electrodes for transvascular nerve stimulation. The electrodes may be positioned within lumens of the catheter and aligned with apertures in the outer wall of the catheter. The electrodes may produce focused electrical fields for stimulation of one or more nerves. In one embodiment, the catheter may include a set of proximal electrodes and a set of distal electrodes, and the proximal electrodes may stimulate a patient's left phrenic nerve and the distal electrodes may stimulate a patient's right phrenic nerve.
摘要:
An aortic cannula comprises a main body portion and a distal end portion. A lumen extends through the main body portion and the distal end portion to allow fluid communication between the main body portion and the distal end portion. The distal end portion has an inner wall and an outer wall. There is a passageway disposed between the inner wall and the outer wall of the distal end portion. The passageway has an inlet and an outlet, and the passageway is fluid communication with a surrounding environment. There may be a stop ring disposed about the distal end portion between the inlet of the passageway and outlet of the passageway.
摘要:
A balloon catheter (1) has an inner tube (3) having a first lumen (11), an outer tube part (2) provided coaxially with the inner tube (3) and forming a second lumen between the outer tube part and an outer surface of the inner tube, and a balloon part (4), a front end portion of which is fixed to a front end portion of the inner tube (3) and an inside of which communicates with the second lumen (12). The balloon part (4) has a bulged portion (40), having an expansion forming mode formed in advance, which is elastically deformable beyond the expansion forming mode by a balloon expansion liquid injected thereinto. The outer tube part (2) has a front side sleeve portion (21) which is extended from a rear end portion of the bulged portion (40) of the balloon part (4) to a proximal end of the outer tube part, is formed integrally with the balloon part (4) by using the same material as that to be used for the balloon part (4), and is substantially non-expandable.
摘要:
A catheter assembly for use in accessing a vasculature of a patient is disclosed. In one embodiment, the catheter assembly includes a catheter body that includes a flattened oval outer surface and defines first and second lumens. The catheter body defines a distal tip region that includes a venous lateral opening that is in fluid communication with the first lumen and includes a distal-facing portion. The distal tip region further includes an arterial lateral opening that is in fluid communication with the second lumen, includes a distal-facing portion, and is substantially un-staggered with respect to the venous lateral opening. A distal end opening is in fluid communication with a power injectable third lumen. In another embodiment, the first and second lumens each generally include a reniform cross-sectional shape. In yet another embodiment, a dual-lumen catheter includes first and second lumens that each define a modified ellipse cross-sectional shape.