公开(公告)号：US07785314B2

公开(公告)日：2010-08-31

申请号：US11764067

申请日：2007-06-15

申请人： David Miller ,  Michael Smith ,  Steve Mouw ,  Erika Palmer

发明人： David Miller ,  Michael Smith ,  Steve Mouw ,  Erika Palmer

IPC分类号： A61M31/00

CPC分类号： A61B17/7061 ,  A61B5/4824 ,  A61B17/3401 ,  A61B17/3415 ,  A61B17/3472 ,  A61B17/8827 ,  A61B90/39 ,  A61B90/92 ,  A61B90/94 ,  A61B2017/3486 ,  A61B2090/062 ,  A61M25/04 ,  A61M25/06 ,  A61M25/065 ,  A61M25/10 ,  A61M2025/0008

摘要： A catheter with a balloon anchor may be sized to fit through an inner needle and introduced into the patient through the needle. The inner needle may comprise an atraumatic needle with a side port and/or a blunt tip. The catheter may include a radiopaque coil disposed over the distal portion of the catheter body to assist with catheter placement when viewed with fluoroscopy and/or x-ray. The distal portion of the catheter can be very flexible. A balloon inflation tube may terminate proximal to a proximal end of the expandable balloon anchor such that the distal portion of catheter can be flexible. This termination of the inflation tube may also position the inflation tube away from the annulus and nerve roots, so as to avoid irritation of the annulus and rubbing of the nerve roots that may potentially obscure FAD test results.

摘要翻译： 具有气囊锚固件的导管的尺寸可以通过内针装配并通过针引入患者体内。 内针可以包括具有侧端口和/或钝头的无创伤针。 导管可以包括设置在导管主体的远端部分上方的不透射线的线圈，以在用荧光透视和/或x射线观察时辅助导管放置。 导管的远端部分可以非常灵活。 球囊充气管可以在可扩张气囊锚固件的近端附近终止，使得导管的远端部分可以是柔性的。 膨胀管的这种终止还可以使充气管远离环带和神经根，以避免刺激环带和摩擦神经根，这可能潜在地模糊FAD测试结果。

公开(公告)号：US20070010846A1

公开(公告)日：2007-01-11

申请号：US11250618

申请日：2005-10-17

申请人： Andrea Leung ,  Hugues Malandain ,  Erika Palmer ,  Paul Sand

发明人： Andrea Leung ,  Hugues Malandain ,  Erika Palmer ,  Paul Sand

IPC分类号： A61M29/00

CPC分类号： A61M29/02 ,  A61B17/3421 ,  A61B17/3478 ,  A61B90/02 ,  A61B2017/00261 ,  A61B2017/00526 ,  A61B2017/320048 ,  A61M25/1029 ,  A61M29/00

摘要： A method includes heating a first portion of a tubular member to a first temperature greater than a temperature of a second portion of the tubular member. The first portion of the tubular member is different from the second portion of the tubular member. The tubular member is stretched after the heating such that a length of the first portion of the tubular member is associated with a width of an anulus of an intervertebral disc. After the heating and the stretching, the tubular member is disposed within a mold cavity at least until the first portion of the tubular member has a second temperature less than the first temperature and such that an outer diameter of the tubular member in a collapsed configuration is substantially constant along a longitudinal length of the tubular member.

摘要翻译： 一种方法包括将管状构件的第一部分加热到大于管状构件的第二部分的温度的第一温度。 管状构件的第一部分不同于管状构件的第二部分。 管状构件在加热之后被拉伸，使得管状构件的第一部分的长度与椎间盘的环的宽度相关联。 在加热和拉伸之后，管状构件至少直到管状构件的第一部分具有小于第一温度的第二温度并且使得处于折叠构型的管状构件的外径为 沿管状构件的纵向长度基本上恒定。