GUIDED CARDIAC ABLATION CATHETERS

    公开(公告)号:US20170156793A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-06-08

    申请号:US15380637

    申请日:2016-12-15

    申请人: CardioFocus, Inc.

    摘要: Guided ablation instruments are disclosed for creating lesions in tissue, especially cardiac tissue for treatment of arrhythmias, including atrial fibrillation. In one aspect of the invention, a percutaneous catheter is disclosed with an endoscope positionable in the instrument's distal end region to obtain an image. The image allows the clinician to determine whether contact has been achieved (or blood has been cleared from an ablative energy transmission path) before ablation begins or while ablation is occurring. In one embodiment, percutaneous ablation catheters are disclosed having at least one central lumen and one or more balloon structures at the distal end region of the instrument. Also disposed in the distal end region are an illuminating light source and an endoscope capable of collecting sufficient light to relay an image to the user. The instruments can further include an ablation element. The ablation element can be a contact ablation element, or a radiant energy emitter, which is preferably independently positionable within the lumen of the instrument and adapted to project ablative energy through a transmissive region of the instrument body (and/or balloon) to a target tissue site proximate to the pulmonary veins. The energy can delivered without the need for contact between the energy emitter and the target tissue so long as a clear transmission pathway is established. The endoscope element of the instrument allows the clinician to determine the position of the instrument and, if radiant energy is to be employed, see if such a pathway is clear. Moreover, because the position of the radiant energy emitter can be varied, endoscopic guidance permits the clinician to select a desired location and dose for the lesion.

    Systems and methods for treating hollow anatomical structures
    7.
    发明授权
    Systems and methods for treating hollow anatomical structures 有权
    用于治疗中空解剖结构的系统和方法

    公开(公告)号:US09547123B2

    公开(公告)日:2017-01-17

    申请号:US13862625

    申请日:2013-04-15

    申请人: Covidien LP

    摘要: An apparatus for treating a hollow anatomical structure can include a light delivery device. The light delivery device comprises an optical fiber that is located in a lumen of a shaft suitable for insertion into the hollow anatomical structure and has a fiber tip located proximal of a distal end of the shaft during treatment of the hollow anatomical structure. The apparatus can further include a liquid source for providing a liquid flow over the optical fiber at a predetermined liquid flow rate.

    摘要翻译: 用于治疗中空解剖结构的装置可以包括光输送装置。 光输送装置包括光纤,其位于适于插入中空解剖结构的轴的内腔中,并且在处理中空解剖结构期间具有位于轴的远端附近的纤维末端。 该装置还可以包括用于以预定液体流速在光纤上提供液体流的液体源。

    Systems And Methods For Thermal Therapy
    9.
    发明申请
    Systems And Methods For Thermal Therapy 审中-公开
    热疗的系统和方法

    公开(公告)号:US20160331456A1

    公开(公告)日:2016-11-17

    申请号:US15221862

    申请日:2016-07-28

    申请人: Visualase, Inc.

    摘要: The present invention is directed to systems and methods for thermal therapy, especially to detection-guided, -controlled, and temperature-modulated interstitial thermal therapy. Thermal therapy may be used to treat the tissues of a patient. In the case of interstitial thermal therapy, energy is applied to generate heating of the tissue to affect treatment, such as, for example, thermally inducing tissue damage (e.g. thermally-induced tissue necrosis), which may be useful in treating tumors and/or other diseased tissues. Since targets for thermal therapy are internal to the patient, the use of detection guidance may be useful in locating and monitoring treatment of a target tissue.

    摘要翻译: 本发明涉及用于热疗法的系统和方法,特别是用于检测引导的,受控制的和温度调制的间质热疗法。 热疗可用于治疗患者的组织。 在间质热治疗的情况下,施加能量以产生组织的加热以影响治疗,例如热诱导组织损伤(例如热诱导的组织坏死),其可用于治疗肿瘤和/或 其他病变组织。 由于热疗的目标是患者内部,所以使用检测指导可能有助于定位和监测对象组织的治疗。

    MEDICAL TOOL AND PHOTOTHERAPEUTIC DEVICE
    10.
    发明申请
    MEDICAL TOOL AND PHOTOTHERAPEUTIC DEVICE 审中-公开
    医疗工具和摄影器械

    公开(公告)号:US20160278863A1

    公开(公告)日:2016-09-29

    申请号:US15037516

    申请日:2014-11-18

    IPC分类号: A61B18/24 A61N5/06

    摘要: The present invention provides a medical device and a phototherapy system that include a light diffuser that transmits light to a site to be treated and electrodes for measuring electric potential and that allow phototherapy and measurement of electric potential using a single device. A medical device is inserted into a living body and transmit light to a site to be treated to treat the site. The medical device includes a distal end portion that has a long tube and a long outer wall of the distal end portion, the wall being provided with electrodes exposed on the outer surface of the tube, and long light-diffusers disposed inside the outer wall of the distal end portion. The distal end portion includes a light transmission equalizer for equalizing light transmission along the length direction of the outer wall of the distal end portion.

    摘要翻译: 本发明提供了一种医疗装置和光疗系统,其包括将光发射到待治疗部位的光扩散器和用于测量电位的电极,并且使用单个装置进行光疗和电位测量。 将医疗装置插入生物体并将光传送到待治疗的部位以治疗部位。 该医疗装置包括具有长管和远端部的长外壁的前端部,该壁设置有露出在管的外表面上的电极,以及设置在管的外壁内侧的长的光扩散器 远端部。 前端部包括用于使光透射沿着前端部的外壁的长度方向平衡的光透射均衡器。