FORCE SENSING CATHETER WITH IMPEDANCE-GUIDED ORIENTATION

    公开(公告)号:US20170215802A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-08-03

    申请号:US15418098

    申请日:2017-01-27

    Abstract: A catheter adapted to determine a contact force, the catheter including a proximal segment, a distal segment, and an elastic segment extending from the proximal segment to the distal segment. The distal segment includes a plurality of tip electrodes including at least three radial electrodes disposed about a circumference of the distal segment. The radial electrodes are configured to output electrical signals indicative of a contact vector of the contact force. The elastic segment includes a force sensing device configured to output an electrical signal indicative of a magnitude of an axial component of the contact force, wherein the contact force is determined by scaling the magnitude of the axial component of the contact force by the contact vector.

    TISSUE MODIFICATION DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS
    6.
    发明申请
    TISSUE MODIFICATION DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS 审中-公开
    组织修改设备,系统和方法

    公开(公告)号:US20170065744A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-03-09

    申请号:US15250382

    申请日:2016-08-29

    Abstract: A tissue modification apparatus includes at least a first plurality of grippers aligned in a plane adapted to secure a first edge of a patch of tissue. The plurality of grippers are each secured to a first force actuator. The first plurality of grippers are each adapted to pivot relative to the first force actuator about an axis perpendicular to the plane. In some cases, a plurality of grippers are attached to a force actuator by a passive force transfer mechanism. In some cases, individual force actuators are attached by pivoted connections to individual grippers. Methods of treating tissue can secure tensioned tissue to a frame to retain the tension during a treatment (e.g., cross-linking the tissue with a chemical cross-linker).

    Abstract translation: 组织改变装置包括在适于固定组织块的第一边缘的平面中对齐的至少第一多个夹持器。 多个夹持器各自固定到第一力致动器。 第一多个夹持器各自适于相对于第一力致动器围绕垂直于该平面的轴线枢转。 在一些情况下,多个夹持器通过被动力传递机构附接到力致动器。 在某些情况下,单独的力致动器通过枢转连接附接到单独的夹持器。 处理组织的方法可以将张紧的组织固定到框架以在治疗期间保持张力(例如,用化学交联剂交联组织)。

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