ASYMMETRIC DUAL DIRECTIONAL STEERABLE CATHETER SHEATH
    23.
    发明申请
    ASYMMETRIC DUAL DIRECTIONAL STEERABLE CATHETER SHEATH 有权
    不对称双向导向导管

    公开(公告)号:US20100217261A1

    公开(公告)日:2010-08-26

    申请号:US12705228

    申请日:2010-02-12

    Inventor: James R. Watson

    Abstract: A steerable catheter sheath for use in directing a catheter into a desired position is provided. The sheath includes an elongated member configured to receive the catheter therein. The distal end of the elongated member is steerable in two directions, each direction having a different bent configuration, e.g., a sharp curve in one direction and an open arching curve in the other direction. A resilient structure having different bending properties in each of its lateral sides is carried in the distal portion of the elongated member and causes the asymmetric bending. In one embodiment, the resilient structure includes a hypotube with a plurality of notches and slits in the sides. In another embodiment, the resilient structure is covered in an outer coating having different durometer portions. The sheath is particularly useful for accessing left and right pulmonary veins when a transeptal entry approach is used into the left atrium.

    Abstract translation: 提供了用于将导管引导到期望位置的可导向导管护套。 护套包括构造成在其中容纳导管的细长构件。 细长构件的远端可沿两个方向转向,每个方向具有不同的弯曲构型,例如在一个方向上的尖锐曲线和另一个方向上的开放拱形曲线。 在其每个横向侧面具有不同弯曲性能的弹性结构被承载在细长构件的远端部分中,并引起不对称弯曲。 在一个实施例中,弹性结构包括在侧面具有多个凹口和狭缝的海波管。 在另一个实施例中,弹性结构覆盖在具有不同硬度部分的外涂层中。 当向左心房使用跨门进入方法时,护套对于进入左肺静脉和右肺静脉特别有用。

    Regulating internal pressure of a cryotherapy balloon catheter
    24.
    发明申请
    Regulating internal pressure of a cryotherapy balloon catheter 有权
    调节冷冻治疗气囊导管的内部压力

    公开(公告)号:US20090299356A1

    公开(公告)日:2009-12-03

    申请号:US12129046

    申请日:2008-05-29

    Inventor: James R. Watson

    Abstract: A method of performing a cryotherapy procedure can include introducing a cryotherapy balloon catheter at a treatment site inside a patient's body; regulating, during a first phase of a cryotherapy procedure, flow of cryogenic fluid to and exhaust from a distal balloon portion of the cryotherapy balloon catheter to cause an initial pressure to be maintained inside the distal balloon portion that is sufficiently high to cause an outer wall of the distal balloon portion to be pressed against body tissue at the treatment site; and regulating, during a second phase of the cryotherapy procedure, flow of cryogenic fluid to and exhaust from the distal balloon portion to cause a) a temperature inside the distal balloon portion to reach a value sufficient to deliver therapeutic levels of cryotherapy to the body tissue, and b) a second-phase pressure to be maintained that is within a threshold value of the initial pressure.

    Abstract translation: 执行冷冻治疗程序的方法可以包括在患者体内的治疗部位引入冷冻治疗气囊导管; 在冷冻治疗程序的第一阶段期间调节低温流体流向冷冻治疗球囊导管的远端球囊部分并从其排出,以使远端球囊部分内的初始压力保持在足够高的高度以引起外壁 远端球囊部分在治疗部位被压靠身体组织; 并且在冷冻治疗过程的第二阶段期间调节低温流体流向远端球囊部分并从远端气囊部分排出,以使远端球囊部分内的温度达到足以将治疗水平的冷冻治疗递送至身体组织的值 ,以及b)要保持在初始压力​​的阈值内的第二相压力。

    SECUREMENT ASSEMBLY AND METHOD FOR EXPANDABLE ENDOVASCULAR DEVICE
    25.
    发明申请
    SECUREMENT ASSEMBLY AND METHOD FOR EXPANDABLE ENDOVASCULAR DEVICE 有权
    用于可扩展的血管内装置的安全装置和方法

    公开(公告)号:US20090132020A1

    公开(公告)日:2009-05-21

    申请号:US11941450

    申请日:2007-11-16

    Inventor: James R. Watson

    CPC classification number: A61F2/95 A61F2002/9511

    Abstract: A securement assembly for releasably securing an expandable stent or stent-graft relative to a delivery tube. The securement assembly comprises a belt base configured for securement relative to the delivery tube. The belt base defines a release member passage and a receiving portion. A first end of a belt is fixed relative to the belt base. The opposite end of the belt includes a retainment portion configured to releasably engage the receiving portion of the belt base. A release member is removably positioned through the release member passage and aligned with the belt retainment portion such that the retainment portion is maintained engaged with the receiving portion until the release member is moved to a non-aligned position. A method of releasably securing a portion of an expandable stent or stent-graft relative to a delivery tube is also provided.

    Abstract translation: 一种用于可释放地固定相对于输送管的可扩张支架或支架移植物的固定组件。 固定组件包括配置成相对于输送管固定的皮带基座。 带基部限定了释放构件通道和接收部分。 皮带的第一端相对于皮带底座固定。 带的相对端包括被配置为可释放地接合皮带底座的接收部分的保持部分。 释放构件可移除地定位成穿过释放构件通道并与带保持部分对准,使得保持部分保持与接收部分接合,直到释放构件移动到不对准位置。 还提供了可释放地固定可扩张支架或支架移植物相对于输送管的一部分的方法。

    Asymmetric dual directional steerable catheter sheath
    26.
    发明授权
    Asymmetric dual directional steerable catheter sheath 有权
    不对称双向可导向导管护套

    公开(公告)号:US08500733B2

    公开(公告)日:2013-08-06

    申请号:US12705228

    申请日:2010-02-12

    Inventor: James R. Watson

    Abstract: A steerable catheter sheath for use in directing a catheter into a desired position is provided. The sheath includes an elongated member configured to receive the catheter therein. The distal end of the elongated member is steerable in two directions, each direction having a different bent configuration, e.g., a sharp curve in one direction and an open arching curve in the other direction. A resilient structure having different bending properties in each of its lateral sides is carried in the distal portion of the elongated member and causes the asymmetric bending. In one embodiment, the resilient structure includes a hypotube with a plurality of notches and slits in the sides. In another embodiment, the resilient structure is covered in an outer coating having different durometer portions. The sheath is particularly useful for accessing left and right pulmonary veins when a transeptal entry approach is used into the left atrium.

    Abstract translation: 提供了用于将导管引导到期望位置的可导向导管护套。 护套包括构造成在其中容纳导管的细长构件。 细长构件的远端可沿两个方向转向,每个方向具有不同的弯曲构型,例如在一个方向上的尖锐曲线和另一个方向上的开放拱形曲线。 在其每个横向侧面具有不同弯曲特性的弹性结构被承载在细长构件的远端部分中,并引起不对称弯曲。 在一个实施例中,弹性结构包括在侧面具有多个凹口和狭缝的海波管。 在另一个实施例中,弹性结构覆盖在具有不同硬度部分的外涂层中。 当向左心房使用跨门进入方法时,护套对于进入左肺静脉和右肺静脉特别有用。

    Delivery system and method for bifurcated graft
    27.
    发明授权
    Delivery system and method for bifurcated graft 有权
    分叉移植物的输送系统和方法

    公开(公告)号:US08328861B2

    公开(公告)日:2012-12-11

    申请号:US11941434

    申请日:2007-11-16

    Abstract: A delivery system and method for delivering a bifurcated intracorporeal device. The delivery system comprises a shaft having a distal section supporting a primary support member positioned to be disposed within at least a primary portion of the bifurcated intracorporeal device and a secondary support member extending within a secondary portion of the bifurcated intracorporeal device. At least one belt is configured to be circumferentially disposed about a portion of the secondary support member so to at least partially constrain the secondary portion of the bifurcated intracorporeal device. A tube defining a lumen is secured relative to the secondary support member. A release member is configured to engage and releasably secure the belt in a constraining configuration. The release member extends through at least a portion of the tube lumen such that the release member is accessible adjacent a proximal end of the tube.

    Abstract translation: 用于输送分叉的体内装置的递送系统和方法。 输送系统包括轴,其具有支撑主要支撑构件的远端部分,该主要支撑构件定位成设置在分叉的体内装置的至少一个主要部分内;以及辅助支撑构件,其在分叉的体内装置的次级部分内延伸。 至少一个带被配置为围绕第二支撑构件的一部分周向地设置,以便至少部分地约束分叉的体内装置的次级部分。 限定内腔的管相对于次级支撑构件固定。 释放构件构造成将带接合并可释放地固定在限制构造中。 释放构件延伸穿过管腔的至少一部分,使得释放构件邻近管的近端可接近。

    SYSTEMS APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR DISTRIBUTING COOLANT WITHIN A CRYO-ABLATION DEVICE
    29.
    发明申请
    SYSTEMS APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR DISTRIBUTING COOLANT WITHIN A CRYO-ABLATION DEVICE 有权
    系统设备和方法,用于在冷冻装置中分配冷却剂

    公开(公告)号:US20100241112A1

    公开(公告)日:2010-09-23

    申请号:US12727134

    申请日:2010-03-18

    Inventor: James R. Watson

    Abstract: Systems, apparatus and methods for dispersing a coolant along different portions of a supply tube of a cryo-ablation device which may be in the form of a linear ablation device or catheter probe or a balloon catheter. A supply tube includes multiple tubes that are in fluid communication with an inner space of a transmissive region or an inner space of an inflatable balloon. The tubes are coaxially arranged and extend to different lengths or to different locations such that the coolant is dispersed from different tubes at different axial locations. Annular apertures are defined by pairs of tubes and have different sizes. The tubes and arrangement thereof are structured to provide uniform or substantially uniform coolant distribution to provide uniform or substantially uniform cryo-ablation of surrounding tissue.

    Abstract translation: 用于沿着冷冻消融装置的供应管的不同部分分散冷却剂的系统,装置和方法,其可以是线性消融装置或导管探针或气囊导管的形式。 供应管包括与可透气区域的内部空间或可充气球囊的内部空间流体连通的多个管。 管同轴地布置并延伸到不同的长度或不同的位置,使得冷却剂在不同的轴向位置处从不同的管分散。 环形孔由成对的管定义并具有不同的尺寸。 管和其结构被构造成提供均匀或基本上均匀的冷却剂分布,以提供对周围组织的均匀或基本均匀的低温消融。

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