Two-stage method for treating calcified lesions within the wall of a blood vessel

    公开(公告)号:US10702293B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-07-07

    申请号:US16544516

    申请日:2019-08-19

    Abstract: A method is disclosed for treating calcified lesions within a wall of a blood vessel. The first step includes breaking apart a calcified lesion using a plurality of shockwaves generated in an angioplasty balloon of an angioplasty catheter device. The angioplasty balloon is dilated via a fluid to a first extent to fit against at least a portion of the wall of the blood vessel. A plurality of electrical pulses are delivered to a pair of electrodes disposed within the fluid inside the balloon. The electrical pulses have an amplitude sufficient to create plasma arcs in the fluid to generate shockwaves that are conducted through the fluid and through the balloon to the blood vessel, to crack the calcified lesion. After breaking apart the calcified lesion, the angioplasty balloon is allowed to further expand to a second extent greater than the first extent, thereby expanding an opening in the blood vessel.

    Shock wave device for treating vascular plaques

    公开(公告)号:US11020135B1

    公开(公告)日:2021-06-01

    申请号:US15937720

    申请日:2018-03-27

    Inventor: Daniel Hawkins

    Abstract: Described herein are shock wave devices and methods for the treatment of vascular plaques. One variation of a shock wave device may include a pair of elongated, flexible concentric tubes comprising an inner tube and an outer tube. The inner tube and the outer tube may be connected together at one end, and at least a portion of the volume between the inner tube and the outer tube may be filled with a conductive fluid via the other end. At least two electrodes may be positioned between the inner tube and the outer tube, the at least two electrodes being electrically connectable to a voltage source and configured to generate shock waves in the conductive fluid in response to voltage pulses.

    Shockwave balloon catheter system

    公开(公告)号:US10959743B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-03-30

    申请号:US16028225

    申请日:2018-07-05

    Abstract: A system for breaking obstructions in body lumens includes a catheter including an elongated carrier, a balloon about the carrier in sealed relation thereto, the balloon being arranged to receive a fluid therein that inflates the balloon, and an arc generator including at least one electrode within the balloon that forms a mechanical shock wave within the balloon. The system further includes a power source that provides electrical energy to the arc generator.

    Shockwave nerve therapy system and method
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    Shockwave nerve therapy system and method 有权
    冲击波神经治疗系统及方法

    公开(公告)号:US09237984B2

    公开(公告)日:2016-01-19

    申请号:US13960683

    申请日:2013-08-06

    Abstract: Disclosed herein are intravascular systems and methods for modulating the activation of neural activity using shock wave devices. In one embodiment, the system is used to treat the nerves in the renal plexus. In a second embodiment, the system is used to treat the baroreceptors in the carotid sinus. In a preferred embodiment, the shock wave generator is in the form of electrodes mounted within an inflatable balloon.

    Abstract translation: 本文公开了使用冲击波装置调节神经活动的活化的血管内系统和方法。 在一个实施例中,该系统用于治疗肾丛中的神经。 在第二个实施方案中,该系统用于治疗颈动脉窦中的压力感受器。 在优选实施例中,冲击波发生器是安装在可充气气囊内的电极的形式。

    Drug delivery shock wave balloon catheter system

    公开(公告)号:US11517338B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-12-06

    申请号:US16569303

    申请日:2019-09-12

    Inventor: Daniel Hawkins

    Abstract: A catheter comprises an elongated carrier and a balloon carried by the carrier in sealed relation thereto. The balloon has an outer surface and is arranged to receive a fluid therein that inflates the balloon. The catheter further comprises a shock wave generator within the balloon that forms mechanical shock waves within the balloon, and a medicinal agent carried on the outer surface of the balloon. The medicinal agent is releasable from the balloon either before or in response to the shock wave.

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