INTEGRAL ELECTRODE PLACEMENT AND CONNECTION SYSTEMS
    31.
    发明申请
    INTEGRAL ELECTRODE PLACEMENT AND CONNECTION SYSTEMS 有权
    集成电极放置和连接系统

    公开(公告)号:US20100262140A1

    公开(公告)日:2010-10-14

    申请号:US12778907

    申请日:2010-05-12

    IPC分类号: A61B18/14

    摘要: Electrode placement and connection systems are described which allow for the electrical connection and maintenance of one or more electrodes positioned on a substrate which is subjected to a variety of mechanical stresses. Electrodes may also be formed on flexible circuit assemblies integrated within or along the hood. The circuit assemblies may also provide structural support to the hood during delivery and/or deployment. Such a system may include an imaging hood having an aperture through which transparent fluid is flowed and one or more electrodes positioned along or about the hood. As the hood is configured between a low-profile and opened configuration, these electrodes may remain electrically coupled despite the mechanical stresses subjected to the electrodes and the connections thereto.

    摘要翻译: 描述了电极放置和连接系统,其允许位于经受各种机械应力的基板上的一个或多个电极的电连接和维护。 电极也可以形成在集成在罩内或沿着罩的柔性电路组件上。 电路组件还可以在传送和/或展开期间向罩提供结构支撑。 这样的系统可以包括具有孔的成像罩,透明液体通过所述孔流动,并且一个或多个电极沿着或围绕罩定位。 由于罩被配置在低轮廓和打开的构型之间,尽管机械应力受到电极及其连接,但是这些电极可以保持电耦合。

    TISSUE CONTRAST IMAGING SYSTEMS
    32.
    发明申请
    TISSUE CONTRAST IMAGING SYSTEMS 有权
    组织对比成像系统

    公开(公告)号:US20120150046A1

    公开(公告)日:2012-06-14

    申请号:US13278820

    申请日:2011-10-21

    IPC分类号: A61B6/00

    摘要: Tissue contrast imaging systems are described which detect differences in tissue contrasts to obtain images of the tissue region. The systems may be used to obtain images of the cardiac tissues particularly in a blood-filled environment.

    摘要翻译: 描述组织对比成像系统,其检测组织对比度的差异以获得组织区域的图像。 该系统可用于获得心脏组织的图像,特别是在充满血液的环境中。

    IMAGE STABILIZATION TECHNIQUES AND METHODS
    34.
    发明申请
    IMAGE STABILIZATION TECHNIQUES AND METHODS 有权
    图像稳定技术和方法

    公开(公告)号:US20120016221A1

    公开(公告)日:2012-01-19

    申请号:US13025981

    申请日:2011-02-11

    IPC分类号: A61B6/00

    摘要: Direct optical imaging of anatomical features and structures from within a biological organ in a dynamic environment (where the tissue being imaged is in motion due to cardiac rhythms, respiration, etc) presents certain image stability issues due (and/or related) to the motion of the target structure and may limit the ability of the user to visually interpret the image for the purposes of diagnostics and therapeutics. Systems and mechanisms for the purpose of actively stabilizing the image or for compiling and re-displaying the image information in a manner that is more suitable to interpretation by the user are disclosed.

    摘要翻译: 在动态环境(其中成像的组织由于心律,呼吸等引起的运动)中的生物器官内的解剖特征和结构的直接光学成像给出了与运动有关(和/或相关)的某些图像稳定性问题 的目标结构,并且可能限制用户视觉地解释图像以用于诊断和治疗的能力。 公开了用于以更适合于用户解释的方式主动地稳定图像或用于编译和重新显示图像信息的系统和机构。

    CATHETER ORIENTATION CONTROL SYSTEM MECHANISMS
    35.
    发明申请
    CATHETER ORIENTATION CONTROL SYSTEM MECHANISMS 审中-公开
    导管方向控制系统机制

    公开(公告)号:US20110144576A1

    公开(公告)日:2011-06-16

    申请号:US12967288

    申请日:2010-12-14

    IPC分类号: A61M25/092

    摘要: Catheter orientation control system mechanisms which facilitate the operation of multiple degrees of freedom of a steerable catheter system can be used for any procedure where catheter orientation relative to the body is desirable. Such systems may comprise a handle having a distal portion which is rotatable independently of the remainder of the handle to enable the handle to maintain a stationary configuration relative to the operator while the catheter distal end is torqued in any configuration by utilizing a single hand and/or single finger to effect complex configurations. Orientation indicators may be incorporated to track the deflectable distal end by visualizing the indicators through an imaging hood on the distal end corresponding to orientation markers on the control handle. Articulation of a steering mechanism in a direction relative to the orientation markers deflects the catheter distal end in a corresponding direction relative to the visualized orientation markers.

    摘要翻译: 促进可导向导管系统的多个自由度的操作的导管取向控制系统机构可以用于期望相对于身体的导管取向的任何过程。 这种系统可以包括具有远端部分的手柄,所述远端部分可独立于手柄的其余部分旋转,以使得手柄能够相对于操作者保持固定构造,同时通过利用单手和/ 或单个手指来实现复杂的配置。 可以结合方向指示器来跟踪可偏转远端,通过对应于控制手柄上的取向标记的远端上的成像罩可视化指示器。 转向机构在相对于定位标记的方向上的铰接将导管远端相对于可视化的取向标记在相应的方向偏转。

    METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING VIBRATIONS

    公开(公告)号:US20180176703A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-06-21

    申请号:US15897961

    申请日:2018-02-15

    摘要: Methods and apparatus for transmitting vibrations via an electronic and/or transducer assembly through a tooth or teeth are disclosed herein. The assembly may be attached, adhered, or otherwise embedded into or upon a removable oral appliance to form a hearing aid assembly. Such an oral appliance may be a custom-made device. The electronic and transducer assembly may receive incoming sounds either directly or through a receiver to process and amplify the signals and transmit the processed sounds via a vibrating transducer element coupled to a tooth or other bone structure, such as the maxillary, mandibular, or palatine bone structure.

    DELIVERY OF BIOLOGICAL COMPOUNDS TO ISCHEMIC AND/OR INFARCTED TISSUE
    37.
    发明申请
    DELIVERY OF BIOLOGICAL COMPOUNDS TO ISCHEMIC AND/OR INFARCTED TISSUE 有权
    将生物化合物递送到化学和/或感染组织

    公开(公告)号:US20120226166A1

    公开(公告)日:2012-09-06

    申请号:US13365914

    申请日:2012-02-03

    IPC分类号: A61B6/00

    摘要: The delivery of biological compounds to ischemic and/or infarcted tissue are described herein where such a system may include a deployment catheter and an attached imaging hood deployable into an expanded configuration. In use, the imaging hood is placed against or adjacent to a region of tissue to be imaged in a body lumen that is normally filled with an opaque bodily fluid such as blood. A translucent or transparent fluid, such as saline, can be pumped into the imaging hood until the fluid displaces any blood, thereby leaving a clear region of tissue to be imaged via an imaging element in the deployment catheter. Additionally, any number of therapeutic tools can also be passed through the deployment catheter and into the imaging hood for performing any number of procedures on the tissue for identifying, locating, and/or accessing ischemic and/or infarcted tissue.

    摘要翻译: 在本文中描述了将生物化合物递送至缺血和/或梗死组织,其中这样的系统可以包括展开导管和可展开成扩展构型的附接成像罩。 在使用中,成像罩被放置在通常填充有不透明体液如血液的体腔中的待成像组织区域附近或邻近。 半透明或透明的液体(例如盐水)可被泵送到成像罩中,直到流体移动任何血液,从而留下通过展开导管中的成像元件成像的组织的清晰区域。 此外,任何数量的治疗工具也可以通过展开导管并进入成像罩,以在组织上执行任何数量的程序,用于识别,定位和/或获取缺血和/或梗死组织。