DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ENDOVASCULAR TREATMENT FOR CAUSING CLOSURE OF A BLOOD VESSEL
    3.
    发明申请
    DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ENDOVASCULAR TREATMENT FOR CAUSING CLOSURE OF A BLOOD VESSEL 有权
    用于引起血管闭塞的血管内治疗的装置和方法

    公开(公告)号:US20080188843A1

    公开(公告)日:2008-08-07

    申请号:US12100309

    申请日:2008-04-09

    IPC分类号: A61B18/20

    摘要: An endovascular laser treatment device for causing closure of a blood vessel uses an optical fiber adapted to be inserted into a blood vessel. An inner sleeve is arranged around a distal portion of the optical fiber core such that both distal ends of the inner sleeve and the optical fiber core form an enlarged light emitting face. The enlarged emitting face provides substantially lower power density while providing the same amount of total energy during a treatment session. An outer sleeve arranged around the inner sleeve acts as a spacer to position the light emitting face away from an inner wall of the blood vessel. The enlarged light emitting face and the outer sleeve acting as a spacer reduces the possibility of thermal run-away and device damage, and reduce the possibility of vessel perforations, leading to less bruising, post-operative pain and other clinical complications. In yet another aspect of the present invention, a spacer comprises an inner sleeve and an outer sleeve both arranged around a distal portion of the core to prevent the laser light from traveling laterally and to position the light emitting face away from an inner wall of the vessel. The inner sleeve can be a heat resistive material such as ceramic and the outer sleeve can be, for example, a metallic sleeve to provide structural integrity and strength to the distal section of the treatment device.

    摘要翻译: 用于引起血管闭合的血管内激光治疗装置使用适于插入血管的光纤。 内套筒围绕光纤芯的远端部分布置,使得内套管的远端和光纤芯形成放大的发光面。 放大的发射面提供显着更低的功率密度,同时在治疗期间提供相同量的总能量。 布置在内套筒周围的外套管用作间隔件,以将发光面定位成离开血管的内壁。 放大的发光面和作为间隔物的外套筒减少了热损失和器件损坏的可能性,并减少了血管穿孔的可能性,导致较少的瘀伤,手术后疼痛和其他临床并发症。 在本发明的另一方面,一种间隔件包括内套筒和外套筒,两个外套筒均布置在芯体的远端部分周围,以防止激光横向移动,并将发光面朝远离内壁 船只。 内套筒可以是诸如陶瓷的耐热材料,并且外套筒可以是例如金属套筒,以向治疗装置的远端部分提供结构完整性和强度。

    Laser surgery methods and apparatus
    5.
    发明申请
    Laser surgery methods and apparatus 审中-公开
    激光手术方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US20090177191A1

    公开(公告)日:2009-07-09

    申请号:US12314517

    申请日:2008-12-11

    申请人: Joe D. Brown

    发明人: Joe D. Brown

    IPC分类号: A61B18/24 A61B18/22

    CPC分类号: A61B18/24

    摘要: A temperature of a laser treatment area is monitored and an output of a laser is controlled or modulated to prevent damage resulting from thermal runaway or burn back. The detector may be positioned proximate or at a distal end of the fiber, and may be in the form of a detector arranged to detect leakage of higher order propagation modes from a bend in the fiber. Manual or automatic cleaning of the fiber may be initiated upon detection of overheating, either by dipping the fiber in a cleaning solution or supplying cleaning fluid to the fiber or treatment area. A fiber position detector may also be included to prevent damage when the fiber is withdrawn into an introducer or catheter. UV radiation may be applied to the treatment site to prevent closing down of blood vessels upon introduction of a catheter or the bare fiber.

    摘要翻译: 监视激光治疗区域的温度,并且控制或调制激光器的输出,以防止由于热失控或烧毁引起的损坏。 检测器可以定位在光纤的近端或远端处,并且可以是检测器的形式,其被布置成检测来自光纤中的弯曲部的高阶传播模式的泄漏。 通过将纤维浸入清洁溶液中或将纤维或处理区域提供清洁流体,可以在检测到过热时起动纤维的手动或自动清洁。 还可以包括纤维位置检测器以防止当纤维被引入导引器或导管时的损伤。 可以将UV辐射施加到治疗部位,以防止在引入导管或裸露纤维时封闭血管。

    Fiber optic connector for coupling laser energy into small core fibers, and termination method therefor
    7.
    发明申请
    Fiber optic connector for coupling laser energy into small core fibers, and termination method therefor 失效
    用于将激光能量耦合到小芯纤维中的光纤连接器及其端接方法

    公开(公告)号:US20080175539A1

    公开(公告)日:2008-07-24

    申请号:US12003249

    申请日:2007-12-21

    申请人: Joe D. Brown

    发明人: Joe D. Brown

    IPC分类号: G02B6/26 C03C25/00

    CPC分类号: G02B6/262 G02B6/14

    摘要: A transparent ferrule is fused to an end of an optical fiber to increase the coupling area without altering the input numerical aperture of the fiber system. This is accomplished by controlling the length of the area at which the transparent ferrule is fused or welded. In addition, an extended ferrule portion is situated behind the fusion area and is separated from the fiber core such that light that fails to couple to the core is reflected from the inner diameter of the extended ferrule portion away from the fiber core, where it can be deflected or dissipated by a beam block or absorptive material. The transparent ferrule is formed from a plurality of relative thin wall ferrules that are successively fused from the side to form at the least the termination or coupling end of the transparent ferrule.

    摘要翻译: 将透明套圈熔合到光纤的端部以增加耦合面积而不改变光纤系统的输入数值孔径。 这是通过控制透明套圈熔合或焊接的区域的长度来实现的。 此外,扩展套圈部分位于融合区域的后面并且与纤维芯分离,使得不能耦合到芯的光从延伸的套圈部分的内径反射离开光纤芯,其中它可以 被梁块或吸收材料偏转或消散。 透明套圈由多个相对薄壁套圈形成,该套圈从侧面连续地熔合,以形成在透明套圈的至少端接或耦合端。

    Apparatus and method for coupling laser energy into small core fibers
    8.
    发明授权
    Apparatus and method for coupling laser energy into small core fibers 有权
    将激光能量耦合到小芯纤维中的装置和方法

    公开(公告)号:US07204645B2

    公开(公告)日:2007-04-17

    申请号:US11108677

    申请日:2005-04-19

    申请人: Joe D. Brown

    发明人: Joe D. Brown

    IPC分类号: G02B6/36

    摘要: A fiber optic connector for coupling focused radiant energy from a laser to a fiber optic conductor includes a secondary transmission path and one or more reflectors and/or heat sinks for deflecting errant radiant energy to a location where it be safely dissipated. In addition, coupling of the radiant energy to the cladding of the fiber is minimized by stripping or at least partially removing the cladding to reduce the amount of cladding in the area that extends to the focal plane of the radiant energy source.

    摘要翻译: 用于将来自激光器的聚焦辐射能量耦合到光纤导体的光纤连接器包括二次传输路径和一个或多个反射器和/或散热器,用于将错误的辐射能量偏转到其被安全消散的位置。 此外,通过剥离或至少部分地去除包层以减少在延伸到辐射能源的焦平面的区域中的包层的量使辐射能量耦合到纤维的包层被最小化。

    Apparatus and method for diffusing laser energy that fails to couple into small core fibers, and for reducing coupling to the cladding of the fiber
    9.
    发明授权
    Apparatus and method for diffusing laser energy that fails to couple into small core fibers, and for reducing coupling to the cladding of the fiber 失效
    用于扩散激光能量的装置和方法,其不能耦合到小芯纤维中,并且用于减少与纤维包层的耦合

    公开(公告)号:US07090411B2

    公开(公告)日:2006-08-15

    申请号:US10875222

    申请日:2004-06-25

    申请人: Joe D. Brown

    发明人: Joe D. Brown

    IPC分类号: G02B6/42 A61B18/22

    CPC分类号: G02B6/4296 G02B6/4292

    摘要: A fiber optic connector for coupling focused radiant energy from a laser to a fiber optic conductor includes a secondary transmission path, one or more diffusers and, optionally, one or more internal heat sinks for diffusing radiant energy so as to and thereby minimize damage to the connector. In addition, coupling of the radiant energy to the cladding of the fiber is minimized by stripping or at least partially removing the cladding to reduce the amount of cladding in the area that extends to the focal plane of the radiant energy source, while reduction of higher order propagation modes may optionally be achieved by tapering a section of the fiber in such a manner that light entering the fiber at large critical angles are effectively collimated, i.e., bent towards the axis of the fiber.

    摘要翻译: 用于将来自激光器的聚焦辐射能耦合到光纤导体的光纤连接器包括二次传输路径,一个或多个扩散器以及可选地用于扩散辐射能的一个或多个内部散热器,从而最小化对 连接器。 此外,通过剥离或至少部分地去除包层以减少辐射能量耦合到纤维的包层,以减少延伸到辐射能源的焦平面的区域中的包层的数量,同时减少较高的 可以可选地通过以这样的方式使纤维的一部分逐渐变细来实现订单传播模式,使得以大的临界角进入光纤的光被有效地准直,即朝向光纤的轴线弯曲。