Retrograde and Independently Articulatable Nested Catheter Systems for Combined Imaging and Therapy Delivery or Other Uses

Devices, systems, and methods are provided for image-guided interventional procedures and other uses. Nested articulated catheter shaft systems may have an imaging catheter with an ultrasound transducer supported by a fluid-driven articulated sheath portion. Drive fluid can be transmitted distally a...

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Main Authors Barrish, Mark D, Laby, Keith Phillip
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 13.07.2023
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HUMAN NECESSITIES
HYGIENE
IDENTIFICATION
MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE
SURGERY
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Summary:Devices, systems, and methods are provided for image-guided interventional procedures and other uses. Nested articulated catheter shaft systems may have an imaging catheter with an ultrasound transducer supported by a fluid-driven articulated sheath portion. Drive fluid can be transmitted distally along an asymmetric sheath via eccentric passages to an articulated portion of the imaging catheter distal of a port. An articulated shaft supporting a therapeutic tool can be advanced within a working lumen of the imaging sheath to the port so that the tool is within a field of view of the transducer. The fluid transmission channels may take much less cross-sectional area of the sheath than a mechanical pull-wire system, allowing the nested sheath/shaft system to provide safer access to a chamber of the heart and to facilitate precise independent control over 3D ultrasound imaging and image-guided structural heart therapies or the like.
Bibliography:Application Number: US202318125084