Catheters with improved transition
    1.
    发明授权
    Catheters with improved transition 有权
    改善过渡的导管

    公开(公告)号:US06702802B1

    公开(公告)日:2004-03-09

    申请号:US09596014

    申请日:2000-06-15

    IPC分类号: A61M2500

    摘要: The present invention is directed to a balloon catheter, such as a dilatation catheter and a stent delivery catheter with improved stiffness transition and specifically with no sudden changes in stiffness along the catheter length. The balloon catheters of the present invention may be used alone or be mounted with a stent in. The balloon catheters of the present invention may be used in peripheral, coronary, or neurovascular applications. The present catheter has more than one portion with different bending stiffness values, each portion comprising of components that gradually transition the bending stiffness of that portion to an adjacent portion, thus reducing the differential in bending stiffness in moving from one region to another, when the catheter is used alone or in combination with a stent in a stent delivery system.

    摘要翻译: 本发明涉及一种球囊导管,例如扩张导管和支架输送导管,其具有改善的刚度转变,具体而言沿导管长度没有突然的刚度变化。 本发明的气囊导管可以单独使用或安装有支架。本发明的气囊导管可用于外周,冠状动脉或神经血管应用。 本导管具有不止一个具有不同弯曲刚度值的部分,每个部分包括将该部分的弯曲刚度逐渐过渡到相邻部分的部件,从而减少了从一个区域移动到另一个区域时的弯曲刚度差异, 导管单独使用或与支架在支架输送系统中组合使用。

    Embolic protection device
    2.
    发明授权
    Embolic protection device 有权
    栓塞保护装置

    公开(公告)号:US06290710B1

    公开(公告)日:2001-09-18

    申请号:US09474557

    申请日:1999-12-29

    IPC分类号: A61M2900

    摘要: A self-expanding filtration element is fitted to the distal end of a catheter while a sheath for constraining such element to a reduced diameter is mechanically manipulatable from the proximal end of the device. The entire device is maneuvered into position over a guide wire and deployed prior to treatment of the body lumen at an upstream location. After completion of the treatment procedure, the filtration element is collapsed and constrained within the sheath to retain any embolic material that has been captured and allow it to be safely removed from the vasculature. The device may be combined with a primary treatment modality and its low profile allows the constrained filtration element to be removed through a deployed stent.

    摘要翻译: 自扩张过滤元件装配到导管的远端,而用于将这种元件限制到直径减小的护套可从装置的近端机械地操纵。 整个装置被操纵在导丝上的位置并且在上游位置处理体腔前部署。 在完成治疗过程之后,过滤元件被塌缩并且被限制在护套内以保持已经被捕获的任何栓塞材料,并允许其从脉管系统中被安全地移除。 该装置可以与主要处理方式组合,并且其低轮廓允许经限制的过滤元件通过展开的支架移除。

    METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ILLUMINATION DURING PHLEBECTOMY PROCEDURES
    6.
    发明申请
    METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ILLUMINATION DURING PHLEBECTOMY PROCEDURES 审中-公开
    方法和系统在照明过程中的照明

    公开(公告)号:US20100280328A1

    公开(公告)日:2010-11-04

    申请号:US12771226

    申请日:2010-04-30

    IPC分类号: A61B1/06

    摘要: A method comprising (a) illuminating a blood vessel in a relatively low-light surgical field by inserting a subcutaneous light source into tissue near the blood vessel and to a first location in the tissue underlying the blood vessel, and causing emission of light from the subcutaneous light source while the subcutaneous light source is at the first location, so that light from the subcutaneous light source passes through the tissue near the blood vessel, toward an observer; (b) drawing a portion of the tissue near the blood vessel through an incision in the skin; and (c) illuminating the drawn portion of tissue by activating an external light source in a hands-free manner, thereby facilitating determining whether the drawn tissue is the blood vessel.

    摘要翻译: 一种方法,包括:(a)通过将皮下光源插入血管附近的组织和血管下方的组织中的第一位置,使相对较轻的外科手术领域的血管照射,并且使来自 皮下光源在皮下光源处于第一位置,使得来自皮下光源的光穿过血管附近的组织朝向观察者; (b)通过皮肤切口在血管附近画出一部分组织; 和(c)通过以免提方式激活外部光源照射组织的拉出部分,从而有助于确定拉伸的组织是否是血管。

    Method and apparatus for storage and/or introduction of implant for hollow anatomical structure
    8.
    发明授权
    Method and apparatus for storage and/or introduction of implant for hollow anatomical structure 有权
    用于中空解剖结构的植入物的储存和/或引入的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US09517072B2

    公开(公告)日:2016-12-13

    申请号:US12642699

    申请日:2009-12-18

    IPC分类号: A61M29/00 A61B17/12 A61B17/00

    摘要: Apparatus for advancing a vascular implant into a blood vessel. The apparatus comprises a first elongate member, the first elongate member having sufficient column strength to function as a pusher member; and a second elongate member, the second elongate member being thinner than the first elongate member and extending to a distal end located at a first point which is at or near a distal end of the first elongate member. The elongate members form an implant retaining portion while the distal end of the second elongate member is located at the first point. The implant retaining portion is located proximal of the first point. The implant retaining portion comprises a space located between the elongate members and configured for receiving an implant portion, with the first elongate member on one side of the space and the second elongate member on another side. The implant retaining portion further comprises a proximal side and a distal side which further circumscribe the space. The proximal and distal sides are effective to prevent an implant received in the retaining portion from moving out of engagement with the retaining portion as the first elongate member is moved distally and proximally. The implant retaining portion is removable by withdrawing the second elongate member in a proximal direction with respect to the first elongate member, thereby moving the distal end of the elongate member proximally beyond the former location of the implant retaining portion. Associated methods, and other apparatus and methods, are also disclosed.

    摘要翻译: 用于将血管植入物推入血管的装置。 该装置包括第一细长构件,第一细长构件具有足够的柱强度以用作推动构件; 和第二细长构件,所述第二细长构件比所述第一细长构件更薄并且延伸到位于所述第一细长构件的远端处或其附近的第一点处的远端。 细长构件形成植入物保持部分,而第二细长构件的远端位于第一点处。 植入物保持部分位于第一点的近侧。 植入物保持部分包括位于细长构件之间并被构造成用于容纳植入部分的空间,第一细长构件位于空间的一侧,而第二细长构件位于另一侧。 植入物保持部分还包括进一步围绕该空间的近侧和远侧。 近侧和远侧有效地防止当第一细长构件向远侧和向近侧移动时,容纳在保持部分中的植入物移动离开与保持部分的接合。 通过相对于第一细长构件在近端方向上取出第二细长构件来移除植入物保持部分,从而将细长构件的远端向近侧移动超过植入物保持部分的前一个位置。 还公开了相关方法和其它装置和方法。