Method and apparatus for detecting and treating vulnerable plaques
    3.
    发明申请
    Method and apparatus for detecting and treating vulnerable plaques 有权
    用于检测和治疗易感斑块的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US20050203388A1

    公开(公告)日:2005-09-15

    申请号:US11093370

    申请日:2005-03-30

    申请人: Kenneth Carr

    发明人: Kenneth Carr

    摘要: Apparatus for detecting vulnerable plaques embedded in the wall of a patient's blood vessel includes an intravascular catheter containing a microwave antenna, an extracorporeal radiometer having a signal input, a reference input and an output, a cable for electrically connecting the antenna to the signal input, and a device for applying an indication of the patient's normal tissue temperature to the reference input so that when the catheter is moved along the vessel, the locations of the vulnerable plaques are reflected in a signal from the output as thermal anomalies due to the higher emissivity of the vulnerable plaques as compared to the normal tissue. A second embodiment of the apparatus has two coaxial antennas in the catheter serving two radiometers. One measures the temperature at locations in the vessel wall, the other measures the temperature at the surface. By subtracting the two signals, the locations of vulnerable plaque may be visualized. The apparatus employs a special diplexer for separating the signals from the two antennas and a method of detecting and possibly destroying the plaques is also disclosed.

    摘要翻译: 用于检测嵌入在患者血管壁中的易损斑块的装置包括:含有微波天线的血管内导管,具有信号输入的体外辐射计,参考输入和输出,用于将天线电连接到信号输入的电缆, 以及用于将所述患者的正常组织温度的指示施加到所述参考输入的装置,使得当所述导管沿着所述血管移动时,所述易损斑块的位置被反映在来自所述输出的信号中,由于较高的发射率引起的热异常 的脆弱斑块与正常组织相比。 该装置的第二实施例在导管中具有两个同轴天线,用于两个辐射计。 一个测量血管壁中的位置的温度,另一个测量表面的温度。 通过减去两个信号,脆弱斑块的位置可以被可视化。 该装置采用专用双工器来分离来自两个天线的信号,并且还公开了一种检测并可能破坏斑块的方法。

    Microwave apparatus for controlled tissue ablation
    5.
    发明申请
    Microwave apparatus for controlled tissue ablation 有权
    用于受控组织消融的微波设备

    公开(公告)号:US20070219548A1

    公开(公告)日:2007-09-20

    申请号:US11377789

    申请日:2006-03-16

    申请人: Kenneth Carr

    发明人: Kenneth Carr

    IPC分类号: A61B18/18

    摘要: Apparatus for controlled tissue ablation includes an elongated relatively flexible antenna with a first, strip-like, conductor having opposite faces and proximal and distal ends, a dielectric spacer covering one face of the first conductor, and a second, serpentine, conductor composed of a series of similar segments positioned flush against the spacer and being coextensive lengthwise with the first conductor. The second conductor has a distal end connected to the distal end of the first conductor and a proximal end. An electrically insulating enclosure surrounds the conductors. The proximal ends of the first and second conductors may be connected via a coaxial cable to a remote microwave transmitter/receiver unit.

    摘要翻译: 用于受控组织消融的装置包括细长的相对柔性的天线,其具有带有相对的面和近端和远端的第一带状导体,覆盖第一导体的一个面的电介质隔离物和由第一导体构成的第二蛇形导体, 一系列类似的片段定位成与间隔物齐平并且与第一导体长度方向共同延伸。 第二导体具有连接到第一导体的远端的远端和近端。 围绕导体的电绝缘外壳。 第一和第二导体的近端可以经由同轴电缆连接到远程微波发射器/接收器单元。

    Coaxial connector
    6.
    发明授权
    Coaxial connector 失效
    同轴连接器

    公开(公告)号:US4686498A

    公开(公告)日:1987-08-11

    申请号:US723304

    申请日:1985-04-15

    IPC分类号: H01P1/04 H01P5/08

    CPC分类号: H01P1/045 H01P5/08

    摘要: A coaxial connector having a pair of members, each of substantially the same construction, and each including means at an outer side thereof for receiving a first coax cable and means at an inner side thereof defining a section of waveguide. In each member there is a transition means that intercouples the coax cable and the section of waveguide. The pair of members are supported together by a support means and there is further provided alignment means for holding the sections of waveguide in alignment.

    摘要翻译: 一种具有一对构件的同轴连接器,每个构件具有基本上相同的结构,并且每个构件包括在其外侧的用于接收第一同轴电缆的装置和在其限定波导部分的内侧的装置。 在每个构件中都有一个过渡装置,它将同轴电缆和波导段相互耦合。 一对构件通过支撑装置支撑在一起,并且还提供了用于保持波导部分对准的对准装置。

    Hanger, system and method
    7.
    发明授权
    Hanger, system and method 有权
    衣架,系统和方法

    公开(公告)号:US09504339B1

    公开(公告)日:2016-11-29

    申请号:US14933831

    申请日:2015-11-05

    摘要: A hanger system may include a hanger bracket arm and a hanger bracket leg in fixed relationship. The hanger bracket arm and hanger bracket leg each include a front surface and a rear surface. The hanger bracket arm and the hanger bracket leg may be formed as a single unit. At least a portion of the rear surface of the hanger bracket arm may be coextensive with at least a portion of the rear surface of the hanger bracket leg. The hanger bracket arm upper edge may comprise a first stop at a distal end and a second stop at a proximal end. At least a portion of the front surface of the hanger bracket arm may be coextensive with at least a portion of the front surface of the hanger bracket leg.

    摘要翻译: 衣架系统可以包括固定关系的衣架支架臂和吊架支架腿。 衣架支架臂和吊架支架腿均包括前表面和后表面。 衣架支架臂和衣架支架腿可以形成为单个单元。 衣架支架臂的后表面的至少一部分可以与衣架支架腿的后表面的至少一部分共同延伸。 衣架支架臂上边缘可以包括在远端的第一止动件和在近端的第二止动件。 衣架支架臂的前表面的至少一部分可以与衣架支架腿的前表面的至少一部分共同延伸。

    Method and apparatus for detecting and treating vulnerable plaques
    8.
    发明申请
    Method and apparatus for detecting and treating vulnerable plaques 有权
    用于检测和治疗易感斑块的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US20050197570A1

    公开(公告)日:2005-09-08

    申请号:US11088107

    申请日:2005-03-23

    申请人: Kenneth Carr

    发明人: Kenneth Carr

    摘要: The present technique utilizes microwave radiometry to detect the presence of vulnerable plaques engrained in the wall of a blood vessel. In accordance with the technique, an intravascular catheter containing at least one microwave antenna is moved along the suspect vessel. The antenna, in combination with an external microwave detection and display unit, is able to detect and display thermal anomalies due to the difference in the thermal emissivity (brightness) of vulnerable plaques as compared to normal tissue even though the two may have a common temperature.

    摘要翻译: 本技术利用微波辐射测量法来检测在血管壁上雕刻的脆弱斑块的存在。 根据该技术,含有至少一个微波天线的血管内导管沿着可疑血管移动。 天线与外部微波检测和显示单元结合使用,能够检测和显示由于与正常组织相比,脆弱斑块的热发射率(亮度)差异而导致的热异常,即使两者可能具有共同的温度 。