Introducer system
    1.
    发明授权
    Introducer system 有权
    介绍系统

    公开(公告)号:US06280433B1

    公开(公告)日:2001-08-28

    申请号:US09392715

    申请日:1999-09-09

    IPC分类号: A61M2500

    摘要: An introducer or guide catheter for directing an implantable medical device such as a lead or catheter to a desired location within a patient's body. In one embodiment of the invention, the introducer comprises a two-lumen tube. A first lumen is configured to receive the implantable medical device that is to be introduced. A second lumen is provided to receive an insertable, elongated guiding member such as a stylet, which may be shapable in various orientations, and which may be used to alter the configuration of the introducer. The second lumen may be provided with an internal coil or other tubular reinforcement member to prevent perforation of this lumen by the guiding member when the introducer is in the patient's body. In order to facilitate removal of the introducer over an implantable medical device having a connector or fitting that is larger than the internal diameter of the first lumen, the introducer may be adapted to be slit or split along its length. In some embodiments of the invention, the introducer may be rendered splittable by provision of a weakened zone along its length. According to yet another aspect of the invention, the introducer may be provided with a luer lock at its proximal end to facilitate connection of the introducer to a hemostasis valve, t-fitting, or the like.

    摘要翻译: 导引器或引导导管,用于将诸如引线或导管的可植入医疗装置引导到患者体内的期望位置。 在本发明的一个实施例中,导引器包括两腔管。 第一管腔被配置为接收待引入的可植入医疗装置。 提供第二内腔以接收可插入的细长引导构件,例如探针,其可以以各种取向成形,并且其可以用于改变导引器的构造。 第二内腔可以设置有内部线圈或其他管状加强构件,以在导引器位于患者体内时防止引导构件对该内腔穿孔。 为了便于在具有大于第一内腔的内径的连接器或配件的可植入医疗装置上移除导引器,导引器可以适于沿着其长度被切割或分开。 在本发明的一些实施例中,导引器可以通过沿着其长度提供弱化区域而被分解。 根据本发明的另一方面,导引器在其近端可以设置有鲁尔锁,以便于将导引器连接到止血阀,t形配件等。

    Introducer system
    2.
    发明授权
    Introducer system 有权
    介绍系统

    公开(公告)号:US06379346B1

    公开(公告)日:2002-04-30

    申请号:US09552250

    申请日:2000-04-18

    IPC分类号: A61M2500

    摘要: An introducer is structured with an elongated tube having first and second lumens. A molded handle is coupled to the proximal end of the tube with an opening aligned with the first lumen. Further, a wall adjacent the opening of the handle defines a slot and is located diametrically opposite the second lumen. A tubular reinforcement member is located within the second lumen and the handle is provided with a second opening, thereby having a communication with the second lumen. In another embodiment a lead/catheter introducer includes an implantable lead or catheter having an elongated first lumen through which the lead or catheter passes and a second lumen extends parallel to the first lumen along at least a distal portion thereof. A tubular reinforcement member is disposed within the second lumen. The tubular reinforcement member further includes an internal lumen and a curvable stylet disposed in the lumen.

    摘要翻译: 导引器构造有具有第一和第二腔的细长管。 模制手柄与管的近端连接,开口与第一内腔对准。 此外,与手柄的开口相邻的壁限定了狭槽,并且位于与第二内腔完全相对的位置。 管状加强构件位于第二内腔内,手柄设置有第二开口,从而与第二腔相连通。 在另一个实施例中,引导/导管导引器包括具有细长的第一内腔的可植入引线或导管,所述引导件或导管通过所述细长的第一内腔,并且沿其至少其远端部分平行于所述第一内腔延伸的第二腔。 管状加强构件设置在第二内腔内。 管状加强构件还包括内腔和设置在内腔中的可调节探针。

    Bilumen guide catheters for accessing cardiac sites
    5.
    发明授权
    Bilumen guide catheters for accessing cardiac sites 有权
    用于进入心脏部位的腹导管导管

    公开(公告)号:US08509916B2

    公开(公告)日:2013-08-13

    申请号:US10319245

    申请日:2002-12-16

    IPC分类号: A61N1/05

    CPC分类号: A61N1/056 A61N2001/0578

    摘要: Bilumen catheters and methods of using same for facilitating implantation of cardiac leads for applying electrical stimulation to and/or sensing electrical activity of the heart through one or more electrode positioned at an implantation site within a heart chamber or cardiac vessel adjacent a heart chamber, and more particularly to a method and apparatus for introducing such a cardiac lead having low torqueability and pushability through a tortuous pathway to enable attachment of the cardiac lead at the implantation site employing a bilumen guide catheter are disclosed. The bilumen catheter body includes a relatively large diameter delivery lumen to introduce a small diameter cardiac lead and a small diameter guide lumen to receive a stylet or guidewire to locate the guide catheter body distal end at the implantation site. The small diameter lumen within a small diameter guide tube extends distally from the delivery exit port of the delivery lumen.

    摘要翻译: 白细胞导管及其使用方法,用于促进心脏引线的植入,用于通过位于心室或邻近心室的心脏腔内的植入部位的一个或多个电极施加电刺激和/或感测心脏的电活动,以及 更具体地涉及一种用于通过曲折路径引入具有低可逆性和推动性的这种心脏引线以使得能够使用柏油导引导管在植入部位处附着心脏引线的方法和装置。 胆囊导管主体包括相对大直径的输送腔,以引入小直径心脏引线和小直径引导腔,以接收探针或导丝,以将引导导管主体远端定位在植入部位。 小直径导管内的小直径内腔从输送腔的输送出口向远端延伸。

    Methods and apparatus for imparting curves in elongated medical catheters
    6.
    发明授权
    Methods and apparatus for imparting curves in elongated medical catheters 失效
    在细长的医用导管中赋予曲线的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US06939338B2

    公开(公告)日:2005-09-06

    申请号:US10125365

    申请日:2002-04-19

    摘要: Curves and dynamic shapes are imparted in distal segments of medical instruments e.g., catheters, through use of a temperature-activated actuator coupled to distal segment of the instrument body. The actuator comprises includes members extending side-by-side in substantially a common plane and configured to move in opposite directions when independently activated. A first heating device is coupled to a first actuator member and configured to deliver thermal energy to the first actuator member to activate the first actuator member and cause the first actuator member to move the distal segment in a first direction. A second heating device is coupled to a second actuator member and configured to deliver thermal energy to the second actuator member to activate the second actuator member and cause the second actuator member to move the distal segment in a second direction opposed to the first direction.

    摘要翻译: 曲线和动态形状通过使用耦合到仪器主体的远端部分的温度激活的致动器,在医疗器械的远端部分(例如导管)中被施加。 致动器包括在基本上共同的平面中并排延伸的构件,并且构造成当独立地启动时沿相反的方向移动。 第一加热装置联接到第一致动器构件并且构造成将热能传递到第一致动器构件以启动第一致动器构件并使第一致动器构件沿第一方向移动远侧段。 第二加热装置联接到第二致动器构件并且被配置为将热能传递到第二致动器构件以致动第二致动器构件并使第二致动器构件沿与第一方向相反的第二方向移动远侧段。

    Methods and systems for accessing the pericardial space
    9.
    发明授权
    Methods and systems for accessing the pericardial space 有权
    用于获取心包空间的方法和系统

    公开(公告)号:US07758521B2

    公开(公告)日:2010-07-20

    申请号:US11000539

    申请日:2004-12-01

    IPC分类号: A61M25/00 A61M25/01

    摘要: Methods and systems for transvenously accessing the pericardial space via the vascular system and atrial wall, particularly through the superior vena cava and right atrial wall, to deliver treatment in the pericardial space are disclosed. A steerable instrument is advanced transvenously into the right atrium of the heart, and a distal segment is deflected into the right atrial appendage. A fixation catheter is advanced employing the steerable instrument to affix a distal fixation mechanism to the atrial wall. A distal segment of an elongated medical device, e.g., a therapeutic catheter or an electrical medical lead, is advanced through the fixation catheter lumen, through the atrial wall, and into the pericardial space. The steerable guide catheter is removed, and the elongated medical device is coupled to an implantable medical device subcutaneously implanted in the thoracic region. The fixation catheter may be left in place.

    摘要翻译: 公开了通过血管系统和心房壁,特别是通过上腔静脉和右心房壁经心脏进入心包空间的方法和系统,以在心包空间中递送治疗。 一个可操纵的器械被递送到心脏的右心房,远端部分被偏转到右心耳。 使用可操纵的器械来前进固定导管,以将远端固定机构固定在心房壁上。 细长医疗装置(例如治疗性导管或电气医用引线)的远端部分通过固定导管内腔前进通过心房壁并进入心包空间。 可移动的导向导管被移除,并且细长的医疗装置被联接到皮下植入胸部区域的可植入医疗装置。 固定导管可以留在原位。