Abstract:
A catheter (10) for delivering an agent to an injection site in a wall of a patient's body lumen, with an elongated shaft (11) having a needle-through lumen (12) slidably containing a needle (13) therein, and an expandable member (15) on the distal shaft section which has a collapsed configuration and a radially expanded configuration. In the radially expanded configuration, the expandable member supports the shaft in a position spaced away from the body lumen wall, and the needle slidably exits the needle-through lumen in the extended configuration through the port (14) spaced away from the body lumen wall as a portion of the expandable member maintains the position of the port section of the shaft in the body lumen. The expandable member typically has an open-walled, helical, or lobed configuration providing a perfusion path along the expandable member.
Abstract:
A bone marrow aspiration device is described. In one embodiment, the bone marrow aspiration device includes a central body portion having a proximal end and a distal end, and an outer shaft portion coupled to the distal end of the central body portion. The outer shaft portion also has a distal opening. A first lumen is formed by the central body portion and the outer shaft portion, and the first lumen extends from the proximal end to the distal opening. An aspiration needle is disposed within the first lumen. The aspiration needle has a substantially linear configuration when positioned within the first lumen, and a substantially curved configuration when extended from die distal opening. The aspiration needle is adapted to aspirate liquid bone marrow from a first region of a bone cavity.
Abstract:
A bone marrow aspiration device is described. In one embodiment, the bone marrow aspiration device includes a central body portion having a proximal end and a distal end, and an outer shaft portion coupled to the distal end of the central body portion. The outer shaft portion also has a distal opening. A first lumen is formed by the central body portion and the outer shaft portion, and the first lumen extends from the proximal end to the distal opening. An aspiration needle is disposed within the first lumen. The aspiration needle has a substantially linear configuration when positioned within the first lumen, and a substantially curved configuration when extended from die distal opening. The aspiration needle is adapted to aspirate liquid bone marrow from a first region of a bone cavity.