Abstract:
The present disclosure provides an apparatus including a first tubular housing including a first exit port and a second tubular housing including a second exit port. The apparatus also includes a third tubular housing coupled to at least one of the first tubular housing and the second tubular housing such that each of the first tubular housing, the second tubular housing, and the third tubular housing are fixed with respect to one another. The apparatus also includes a first catheter including a first plurality of outlets and is configured to be positioned at least partially within the first tubular housing. The apparatus also includes a second catheter including a second plurality of outlets and is configured to be positioned at least partially within the second tubular housing. The apparatus also includes a pressure transducer line positioned in the third tubular housing and a pressure transducer coupled to the pressure transducer line.
Abstract:
A catheter (200) with a distal length extending to a distal end, the distal length configured to indwell a cavity of a patient body. The distal length includes a first lumen (202) extending longitudinally through a lengthwise portion of the distal length, where the first lumen may be at least partially defined by a first inner diameter surface of the distal length. The distal length includes a second lumen (204) extending longitudinally through the lengthwise portion of the distal length, where the second lumen may be at least partially defined by a second inner diameter surface of the distal length. A first fenestration may be disposed through a side wall of the first lumen. A cuff is disposed on an outer surface of the proximal length.
Abstract:
Transcatheter guidewire delivery systems, catheter assemblies and associated methods for percutaneous guidewire delivery across heart valves are disclosed herein. A catheter assembly configured in accordance herewith includes an elongated tubular component and an alignment assembly at a distal portion of the tubular component and which is adapted to be located at a target location adjacent a heart valve of a patient. In one embodiment, the alignment assembly deploys to a shape set loop configuration with a side port in an open configuration positioned to allow advancement of a guidewire to exit the catheter in an aligned path with a leaflet coaptation region of the heart valve. In another embodiment, the alignment assembly has a plurality of spaced apart side ports that a guidewire may advance therethrough and toward the heart valve. In some embodiments, a wire guide is used to align the guidewire with a selected side port.
Abstract:
There is provided a catheter assembly (1) wherein at least one of the arterial lumen (2) and the venous lumen (3) are radially displaceable in the transverse plane relative to the longitudinal axis of the catheter body between an insertion position and a drawing position. The maximum radial displacement in the transverse plane, between the radially displaceable arterial and/or venous lumen and the longitudinal axis of the catheter body is greater in the drawing position than in the insertion position. There is also provided a method of inserting and removing the catheter assembly into or from a blood vessel, and a method of treating blood using the catheter assembly.
Abstract:
There is provided a catheter assembly wherein at least one of the arterial lumen and the venous lumen are radially displaceable in the transverse plane relative to the longitudinal axis of the catheter body between an insertion position and a drawing position. The maximum radial displacement in the transverse plane, between the radially displaceable arterial and/or venous lumen and the longitudinal axis of the catheter body is greater in the drawing position than in the insertion position. There is also provided a method of inserting and removing the catheter assembly into or from a blood vessel, and a method of treating blood using the catheter assembly.
Abstract:
A catheter for delivering a hyperthermic liquid to the interior of an organ of a patient includes an inflow lumen structured to be inserted into the organ and deliver the hyperthermic liquid to the interior of the organ, and an outflow lumen structured to be inserted into the organ and evacuate the hyperthermic liquid from the interior of the organ. The catheter includes a proximal portion that is structured to be received within the internal tissue structure of the patient, wherein at least a portion of the inflow lumen and the outflow lumen are insulated in a manner wherein a temperature on an outside surface of the proximal portion of the catheter will not be more than one degree Fahrenheit above normal body temperature when the hyperthermic liquid is passed through the catheter.
Abstract:
Catheters (e.g., 10, 10', 210) for infusion of cardiovascular fluids into blood are disclosed. The cardiovascular fluid may, for example, comprise water highly supersaturated with a gas such as oxygen. Each catheter comprises one or more capillary tubings (or capillaries) through which a cardiovascular fluid flows. The distal end of each capillary (e.g., 20, 20') is mounted (e.g., potted) preferably flush with an external surface (e.g., 48) of a catheter sidewall (e.g., 38), while the proximal end (e.g., 28) of each capillary is in fluid communication with a cardiovascular fluid flowing through the lumen of the catheter. The combination of the catheter shape and the orientation of the distal end of each capillary relative to the longitudinal axis of the catheter provides control over the mixing pattern of the cardiovascular fluid with blood flowing within a vascular space such as an aorta.
Abstract:
This invention relates to systems for delivering medical devices, as well as related systems and methods. The invention also relates to methods of prevention and treatment of biofilm related contamination of systems or devices for medication delivery and methods of treating medical devices, such as catheters, to prevent infection from said device.
Abstract:
The present disclosure relates to a PTA (percutaneous transluminal angioplasty) balloon catheter, preferably high pressure type, optionally introducible as an over the wire catheter. The catheter possess the attribute of injecting fluid to the treated site through a dedicated opening proximal to the balloon member, for introduction of fluids such as contrast enhancing material and/or medication. In some embodiments, a single lumen is used, at least in part, both for fluids transfer and dispersion ("infusion") as well as for guide wire passage. In some such embodiments, a valve mechanism is used to sustain selective operability of the lumen so that fluids will disperse mostly or solely through the proximal dispersion opening rather than the guide wire distal exit opening.