公开(公告)号：US20220080154A1

公开(公告)日：2022-03-17

申请号：US17473483

申请日：2021-09-13

Applicant: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.

Inventor： Kyle H. Srivastava ,  Vijay Koya ,  Jonathan B. Shute ,  Christopher Piere ,  Mark Kringle

IPC: A61M25/01

Abstract: A navigation-assisting flexible elongate member, a navigation-assisting system, and a navigation-assisting method for use in navigating within a body to a treatment site. A navigation-assisting sensor, such as an optic fiber, an inductive sensor, a piezoelectric sensor, or a camera, is provided within the wall of the flexible elongate member, so as not to occupy space within a working channel defined by and through the flexible elongate member. When the distal end of the flexible elongate encounters an obstacle/another object (e.g., body tissue or a lumen wall), the navigation-assisting sensor generates a signal indicative of such encounter. Such signal is converted into information (such as by a control unit) usable to navigate the flexible elongate member away from the obstacle and on course to the treatment site.

公开(公告)号：US12109373B2

公开(公告)日：2024-10-08

申请号：US17473483

申请日：2021-09-13

Applicant: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.

Inventor： Kyle H. Srivastava ,  Vijay Koya ,  Jonathan B. Shute ,  Christopher Piere ,  Mark Kringle

IPC: A61M25/01 ,  A61M25/00

CPC classification number: A61M25/0136 ,  A61M2025/0002 ,  A61M2205/0294 ,  A61M2205/3317 ,  A61M2205/3331

Abstract: A navigation-assisting flexible elongate member, a navigation-assisting system, and a navigation-assisting method for use in navigating within a body to a treatment site. A navigation-assisting sensor, such as an optic fiber, an inductive sensor, a piezoelectric sensor, or a camera, is provided within the wall of the flexible elongate member, so as not to occupy space within a working channel defined by and through the flexible elongate member. When the distal end of the flexible elongate encounters an obstacle/another object (e.g., body tissue or a lumen wall), the navigation-assisting sensor generates a signal indicative of such encounter. Such signal is converted into information (such as by a control unit) usable to navigate the flexible elongate member away from the obstacle and on course to the treatment site.

公开(公告)号：US20240424260A1

公开(公告)日：2024-12-26

申请号：US18826388

申请日：2024-09-06

Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.

Inventor： Kyle H. Srivastava ,  Vijay Koya ,  Jonathan B. Shute ,  Christopher Piere ,  Mark Kringle

IPC: A61M25/01 ,  A61M25/00

Abstract: A navigation-assisting flexible elongate member, a navigation-assisting system, and a navigation-assisting method for use in navigating within a body to a treatment site. A navigation-assisting sensor, such as an optic fiber, an inductive sensor, a piezoelectric sensor, or a camera, is provided within the wall of the flexible elongate member, so as not to occupy space within a working channel defined by and through the flexible elongate member. When the distal end of the flexible elongate encounters an obstacle/another object (e.g., body tissue or a lumen wall), the navigation-assisting sensor generates a signal indicative of such encounter. Such signal is converted into information (such as by a control unit) usable to navigate the flexible elongate member away from the obstacle and on course to the treatment site.