Methods for imaging and ablating body tissue

    公开(公告)号:US10154831B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-12-18

    申请号:US15669675

    申请日:2017-08-04

    申请人: VytronUS, Inc.

    摘要: A method for creating a transmural lesion in tissue includes positioning a distal portion of a catheter near the tissue, where an ultrasound transducer is attached to the distal portion and is operatively coupled to a console and processor. The tissue is imaged by energizing the ultrasound transducer at a first power level to produce an ultrasound beam, where the imaging determines a thickness of the tissue, and a gap distance between the ultrasound transducer and the tissue. The tissue is ablated by energizing the ultrasound transducer at a second power level to produce the ultrasound beam. Energy delivered to the tissue during the ablating is controlled, using the processor, where the processor adjusts a speed of the ultrasound beam moving across the tissue based on the thickness and gap distance, to create the transmural lesion.

    SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DELIVERING ENERGY TO TISSUE
    5.
    发明申请
    SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DELIVERING ENERGY TO TISSUE 审中-公开
    用于提供能量组织的系统和方法

    公开(公告)号:US20130261647A1

    公开(公告)日:2013-10-03

    申请号:US13630674

    申请日:2012-09-28

    IPC分类号: A61B17/32

    摘要: An ablation system for treating atrial fibrillation in a patient comprises an elongate shaft having proximal and distal ends, a lumen therebetween and a housing adjacent the distal end of the elongate shaft. An energy source is coupled to the housing and is adapted to deliver energy to a target tissue so as to create a zone of ablation in the target tissue that blocks abnormal electrical activity thereby reducing or eliminating the atrial fibrillation in the patient. A sensor is adjacent the energy source and adapted to detect relative position of the energy source to the target tissue or characteristics of the target tissue. The system also has a reflecting element operably coupled with the energy source and adapted to redirect energy emitted from the energy source in a desired direction or pattern.

    摘要翻译: 用于治疗患者心房颤动的消融系统包括细长轴,其具有近端和远端,其间的内腔和邻近细长轴的远端的壳体。 能量源耦合到壳体并且适于将能量传递到目标组织,以便在目标组织中产生阻挡异常电活动从而减少或消除患者心房颤动的消融区域。 传感器邻近能量源并适于检测能量源与目标组织的相对位置或目标组织的特征。 该系统还具有与能量源可操作地耦合并且适于将能量源发射的能量以期望的方向或模式重定向的反射元件。

    System and method for delivering energy to tissue

    公开(公告)号:US10363057B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-07-30

    申请号:US12505335

    申请日:2009-07-17

    摘要: An ablation system for treating atrial fibrillation in a patient including an elongate shaft having proximal and distal ends, a lumen therebetween and a housing adjacent the distal end of the elongate shaft. An energy source is coupled to the housing and is adapted to deliver energy to a target tissue so as to create a zone of ablation in the target tissue that blocks abnormal electrical activity thereby reducing or eliminating the atrial fibrillation in the patient. A sensor is adjacent the energy source and adapted to detect relative position of the energy source to the target tissue or characteristics of the target tissue. The system also has a reflecting element operably coupled with the energy source and adapted to redirect energy emitted from the energy source in a desired direction or pattern.

    SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ULTRASONICALLY SENSING AND ABLATING TISSUE
    9.
    发明申请
    SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ULTRASONICALLY SENSING AND ABLATING TISSUE 审中-公开
    用于超声波感染和组织剥离的系统和方法

    公开(公告)号:US20170056057A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-03-02

    申请号:US15349887

    申请日:2016-11-11

    申请人: VytronUS, Inc.

    摘要: A method of mapping tissue includes sensing a first region and a second region of a chamber of body tissue. The sensing includes moving an ultrasound transducer of a catheter over a surface of the region along a sensing pattern, and using the ultrasound transducer to gather a set of echo-anatomical data in an amplitude mode at a plurality of points along the sensing pattern. The set of echo-anatomical data comprises distances between the ultrasound transducer and the surface at the plurality of points. A three-dimensional surface map is generated using the set of echo-anatomical data from each region. The surface maps of the regions are combined to form a combined surface map. Methods also include using a set of echo-anatomical data to generate a three-dimensional surface map of a region, from a detected border of the body tissue and detected motion phases of the region.

    摘要翻译: 一种映射组织的方法包括感测身体组织室的第一区域和第二区域。 感测包括沿着感测图案移动导管的超声换能器在该区域的表面上,并且使用超声波换能器以沿着感测图案的多个点以幅度模式收集一组回波解剖数据。 回波解剖数据的集合包括超声换能器与多个点处的表面之间的距离。 使用来自每个区域的一组回波解剖数据生成三维表面图。 区域的表面图被组合以形成组合的表面图。 方法还包括使用一组回波解剖数据从身体组织的检测到的边界和所检测到的区域的运动相位产生区域的三维表面图。