APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR RESTORING TISSUE

• Main Author: HAYES Rb Eugene
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Spanish
• Published: 07.09.2023
• Subjects: BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY; DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR; DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROMTHE BODY; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF,TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, E.G. STENTS; FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; FIRST-AID KITS; FOMENTATION; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; PROSTHESES; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS

An apparatus and methods for tissue restoration are provided. The apparatus may include a catheter shaft extending from a proximal end to a distal tip and having a translucent distal segment, the catheter shaft defining an inflation lumen and a guidewire lumen, a coated balloon positioned on the distal segment proximal to the distal tip in fluid communication with the inflation lumen, the coated distal balloon comprising a translucent material and a coated material on an outer surface of the coated balloon, and a light source integrated in the catheter shaft and extending through the distal segment. Se proporcionan un aparato y métodos para la restauración de tejido. El aparato puede incluir un eje de catéter que se extiende desde un extremo proximal hasta una punta distal y que tiene un segmento distal translúcido, el eje de catéter que define un lumen de inflado y un lumen de guía, un globo revestido colocado en el segmento distal proximal a la punta distal en comunicación de fluidos con el lumen de inflado, el globo distal revestido que comprende un material translúcido y un material revestido en una superficie exterior del globo revestido, y una fuente de luz integrada en el eje de catéter y que se extiende a través del segmento distal.