Method and devices for cutting tissue
    1.
    发明授权
    Method and devices for cutting tissue 有权
    切割组织的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US07713279B2

    公开(公告)日:2010-05-11

    申请号:US10421979

    申请日:2003-04-22

    IPC分类号: A61B17/22

    摘要: A method of removing material from a blood flow lumen generally includes providing a device having a cutting element and an opening, advancing the device through the blood flow lumen to a site where material is to be removed, forcing the opening toward a wall of the site where material is to be removed, and moving the cutting element and the opening so that material in the blood flow lumen is cut by the cutting element and directed into the opening for removal as the cutting element and opening are moved through the blood flow lumen. In some embodiments, the device may be deflected or bent to force the opening toward a wall to remove material. The cutting element may be rotatable and may have an axis that is movable, that is not parallel to the longitudinal axis of the device, or both. In some embodiments, the cutting element is movable between retracted and deployed positions for advancing the device to a site for treatment and for removing material, respectively.

    摘要翻译: 从血流腔中去除材料的方法通常包括提供具有切割元件和开口的装置,将装置通过血流腔前进到要除去材料的部位,迫使开口朝向部位的壁 其中要去除材料,并且移动切割元件和开口,使得当切割元件和开口移动通过血流腔时,通过切割元件切割血流腔中的材料并将其引导到用于移除的开口中。 在一些实施例中,该装置可能被偏转或弯曲以迫使开口朝向壁以移除材料。 切割元件可以是可旋转的并且可以具有可移动的轴线,其不平行于装置的纵向轴线或两者。 在一些实施例中,切割元件可在缩回和展开位置之间移动,以将装置分别推进到处理场所和用于移除材料。

    DEBULKING CATHETERS AND METHODS
    4.
    发明申请
    DEBULKING CATHETERS AND METHODS 有权
    破坏导管和方法

    公开(公告)号:US20120330336A1

    公开(公告)日:2012-12-27

    申请号:US13536497

    申请日:2012-06-28

    IPC分类号: A61B17/22

    摘要: A method of removing material from a blood flow lumen includes providing a device having a cutting element and an opening, the cutting element being movable relative to the opening. The method then includes advancing the device through a patient's vascular system to the blood flow lumen. Finally, the method involves moving the cutting element and the opening relative to the blood flow lumen so that a continuous piece of material is severed by the cutting element and directed into the opening as the cutting element and opening move through the blood flow lumen, the continuous piece of severed material being directed into the device for removal from the patient. The method may include providing a device having a rotatable cutter that, in some embodiments, is not parallel to the longitudinal axis of the device, is movable, has retracted and deployed positions, or any combination thereof.

    摘要翻译: 从血流腔去除材料的方法包括提供具有切割元件和开口的装置,所述切割元件可相对于所述开口移动。 该方法然后包括将装置通过患者的血管系统推进到血流腔。 最后,该方法包括相对于血液流动腔移动切割元件和开口,使得当切割元件和开口移动通过血流腔时,连续片材被切割元件切断并引导到开口中, 连续切断的材料被引导到装置中以从患者身上取出。 该方法可以包括提供具有可旋转切割器的装置,其在一些实施例中不平行于装置的纵向轴线,是可移动的,具有缩回和展开位置或其任何组合。

    DEBULKING CATHETERS AND METHODS
    5.
    发明申请
    DEBULKING CATHETERS AND METHODS 有权
    破坏导管和方法

    公开(公告)号:US20100198240A1

    公开(公告)日:2010-08-05

    申请号:US12757291

    申请日:2010-04-09

    IPC分类号: A61B17/22 A61B17/06

    摘要: A method of removing material from a blood flow lumen includes providing a device having a cutting element and an opening, the cutting element being movable relative to the opening. The method then includes advancing the device through a patient's vascular system to the blood flow lumen. Finally, the method involves moving the cutting element and the opening relative to the blood flow lumen so that a continuous piece of material is severed by the cutting element and directed into the opening as the cutting element and opening move through the blood flow lumen, the continuous piece of severed material being directed into the device for removal from the patient. The method may include providing a device having a rotatable cutter that, in some embodiments, is not parallel to the longitudinal axis of the device, is movable, has retracted and deployed positions, or any combination thereof. The method may further include forcing the opening toward the wall of the vascular site after the advancing step and before the moving step.

    摘要翻译: 从血流腔去除材料的方法包括提供具有切割元件和开口的装置,所述切割元件可相对于所述开口移动。 该方法然后包括将装置通过患者的血管系统推进到血流腔。 最后,该方法包括相对于血液流动腔移动切割元件和开口,使得当切割元件和开口移动通过血流腔时,连续片材被切割元件切断并引导到开口中, 连续切断的材料被引导到装置中以从患者身上取出。 该方法可以包括提供具有可旋转切割器的装置,其在一些实施例中不平行于装置的纵向轴线,是可移动的,具有缩回和展开位置或其任何组合。 该方法还可以包括在推进步骤之后和移动步骤之前迫使开口朝向血管部位的壁。

    Debulking catheters and methods
    6.
    发明授权
    Debulking catheters and methods 有权
    去污导管和方法

    公开(公告)号:US07708749B2

    公开(公告)日:2010-05-04

    申请号:US11012876

    申请日:2004-12-14

    IPC分类号: A61B17/22 A61D1/02

    摘要: A method of removing material from a blood flow lumen includes providing a device having a cutting element and an opening, the cutting element being movable relative to the opening. The method then includes advancing the device through a patient's vascular system to the blood flow lumen. Finally, the method involves moving the cutting element and the opening relative to the blood flow lumen so that a continuous piece of material is severed by the cutting element and directed into the opening as the cutting element and opening move through the blood flow lumen, the continuous piece of severed material being directed into the device for removal from the patient. The method may include providing a device having a rotatable cutter that, in some embodiments, is not parallel to the longitudinal axis of the device, is movable, has retracted and deployed positions, or any combination thereof. The method may further include forcing the opening toward the wall of the vascular site after the advancing step and before the moving step.

    摘要翻译: 从血流腔去除材料的方法包括提供具有切割元件和开口的装置,所述切割元件可相对于所述开口移动。 该方法然后包括将装置通过患者的血管系统推进到血流腔。 最后,该方法包括相对于血液流动腔移动切割元件和开口,使得当切割元件和开口移动通过血流腔时,连续片材被切割元件切断并引导到开口中, 连续切断的材料被引导到装置中以从患者身上取出。 该方法可以包括提供具有可旋转切割器的装置,其在一些实施例中不平行于装置的纵向轴线,是可移动的,具有缩回和展开位置或其任何组合。 该方法还可以包括在推进步骤之后和移动步骤之前迫使开口朝向血管部位的壁。

    Debulking catheters and methods
    7.
    发明授权
    Debulking catheters and methods 有权
    去污导管和方法

    公开(公告)号:US08911459B2

    公开(公告)日:2014-12-16

    申请号:US13536497

    申请日:2012-06-28

    摘要: A method of removing material from a blood flow lumen includes providing a device having a cutting element and an opening, the cutting element being movable relative to the opening. The method then includes advancing the device through a patient's vascular system to the blood flow lumen. Finally, the method involves moving the cutting element and the opening relative to the blood flow lumen so that a continuous piece of material is severed by the cutting element and directed into the opening as the cutting element and opening move through the blood flow lumen, the continuous piece of severed material being directed into the device for removal from the patient. The method may include providing a device having a rotatable cutter that, in some embodiments, is not parallel to the longitudinal axis of the device, is movable, has retracted and deployed positions, or any combination thereof.

    摘要翻译: 从血流腔去除材料的方法包括提供具有切割元件和开口的装置,所述切割元件可相对于所述开口移动。 该方法然后包括将装置通过患者的血管系统推进到血流腔。 最后,该方法包括相对于血液流动腔移动切割元件和开口,使得当切割元件和开口移动通过血流腔时,连续片材被切割元件切断并引导到开口中, 连续切断的材料被引导到装置中以从患者身上取出。 该方法可以包括提供具有可旋转切割器的装置,其在一些实施例中不平行于装置的纵向轴线,是可移动的,具有缩回和展开位置或其任何组合。

    Debulking catheters and methods
    8.
    发明授权
    Debulking catheters and methods 有权
    去污导管和方法

    公开(公告)号:US08226674B2

    公开(公告)日:2012-07-24

    申请号:US12757291

    申请日:2010-04-09

    IPC分类号: A61B17/22 A61D1/02

    摘要: A method of removing material from a blood flow lumen includes providing a device having a cutting element and an opening, the cutting element being movable relative to the opening. The method then includes advancing the device through a patient's vascular system to the blood flow lumen. Finally, the method involves moving the cutting element and the opening relative to the blood flow lumen so that a continuous piece of material is severed by the cutting element and directed into the opening as the cutting element and opening move through the blood flow lumen, the continuous piece of severed material being directed into the device for removal from the patient. The method may include providing a device having a rotatable cutter that, in some embodiments, is not parallel to the longitudinal axis of the device, is movable, has retracted and deployed positions, or any combination thereof. The method may further include forcing the opening toward the wall of the vascular site after the advancing step and before the moving step.

    摘要翻译: 从血流腔去除材料的方法包括提供具有切割元件和开口的装置,所述切割元件可相对于所述开口移动。 该方法然后包括将装置通过患者的血管系统推进到血流腔。 最后,该方法包括相对于血液流动腔移动切割元件和开口,使得当切割元件和开口移动通过血流腔时,连续片材被切割元件切断并引导到开口中, 连续切断的材料被引导到装置中以从患者身上取出。 该方法可以包括提供具有可旋转切割器的装置,其在一些实施例中不平行于装置的纵向轴线,是可移动的,具有缩回和展开位置或其任何组合。 该方法还可以包括在推进步骤之后和移动步骤之前迫使开口朝向血管部位的壁。

    Atherectomy catheter with laterally-displaceable tip
    9.
    发明授权
    Atherectomy catheter with laterally-displaceable tip 有权
    动脉粥样硬化切除导管具有横向位移尖端

    公开(公告)号:US09498600B2

    公开(公告)日:2016-11-22

    申请号:US12829277

    申请日:2010-07-01

    摘要: Described herein are atherectomy catheters, systems and methods that include a distal tip region that may be moved laterally so that its long axis is parallel with the long axis of the main catheter body axis. Displacing the distal tip region laterally out of the main catheter body axis exposes an annular blade and opens a passageway for cut tissue to enter a storage region within the catheter. The annular blade may be internally coupled to a drive shaft that rotates the blade, and thus the exposed blade edge may have the same crossing profile (OD) as the rest of the distal end region of the catheter. Also described herein are gear-driven atherectomy devices that may use a cable drive shaft to actuate the annular blade. Both push-to-cut and pull-to-cut variations are described, as are methods for cutting tissue and systems including these atherectomy catheters.

    摘要翻译: 这里描述了动脉粥样硬化切除术导管,系统和方法,其包括可以横向移动的远侧末端区域,使得其长轴线与主导管主体轴线的长轴平行。 将远端尖端区域横向偏离主导管主体轴线暴露环形刀片并打开用于切割组织的通道进入导管内的存储区域。 环形叶片可以内部联接到旋转叶片的驱动轴,因此暴露的叶片边缘可以具有与导管的远端区域的其余部分相同的交叉轮廓(OD)。 这里还描述了可以使用电缆驱动轴致动环形刀片的齿轮驱动的粥样斑块切除装置。 描述了切割和切割的变化,以及用于切割包括这些粥样斑块切除术导管的组织和系统的方法。

    Devices and methods for predicting and preventing restenosis
    10.
    发明授权
    Devices and methods for predicting and preventing restenosis 有权
    用于预测和预防再狭窄的装置和方法

    公开(公告)号:US08548571B2

    公开(公告)日:2013-10-01

    申请号:US12963536

    申请日:2010-12-08

    IPC分类号: A61B1/07 A61B6/00

    摘要: The present invention relates to methods and devices for predicting restenosis, and for treating atherosclerosis to prevent or reduce the incidence of restenosis. Methods of predicting restenosis in a stenosed peripheral artery may include quantitative histology of the vessel. For example, a method of treating a stenosed artery (and particularly a peripheral artery) may include the steps of determining a level of hypercellularity and one or more of the lipid-richness and extent of inflammatory cell inclusion in the tissue. An index of restenosis based on the hypercellularity and lipid richness and/or extent of inflammatory cell inclusion in the tissue may be determined. Systems for treating or preventing restenosis may include one or more imaging modalities for imaging tissue regions and determining the level of hypercellularity and one or more of the degree of lipid-richness and the extent of inflammatory cell inclusion in the tissue region.

    摘要翻译: 本发明涉及用于预测再狭窄的方法和装置,以及用于治疗动脉粥样硬化以预防或减少再狭窄发生率的方法和装置。 预测狭窄外周动脉再狭窄的方法可能包括血管的定量组织学。 例如,治疗狭窄动脉(特别是外周动脉)的方法可包括确定组织中炎症细胞包涵体的超细胞程度和一种或多种脂质丰富度和程度的步骤。 可以确定基于组织中炎症细胞包涵体的超细胞性和脂质丰富性和/或程度的再狭窄指数。 用于治疗或预防再狭窄的系统可以包括用于成像组织区域的一种或多种成像模式,并且确定超细胞程度的水平以及组织区域中炎症细胞包含的脂质丰富程度和程度的一个或多个。