CATHETER FOR TREATING CALCIFIED PLAQUE

• Main Authors: SANDQUIST, Kelsey M, COYLE, Simon, SINGH, Manoj Kumar, PANDA, Binit, PETERSON, Darion R, WALSH, Cian, JAMOUS, Aram, O'SHEA, Laura M, BALAKRISHNAN, Aiswarya, GARG, Tanay, KILLEEN, David, LYNCH, Gemma, CARTER, Enda F
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French
• Published: 18.07.2024
• Subjects: BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF,TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, E.G. STENTS; DIAGNOSIS; FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; FIRST-AID KITS; FOMENTATION; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; IDENTIFICATION; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; PROSTHESES; SURGERY; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS

A catheter for treating calcified plaque includes a catheter body and an expandable balloon. A treatment device of the catheter disrupts and/or modifies the calcified plaque. The treatment device may be a thermal shock generator, a nuclear magnetic resonance generator, or a vibration generator. Un cathéter pour traiter de la plaque calcifiée comprend un corps de cathéter et un ballonnet dilatable. Un dispositif de traitement du cathéter produit une disruption de la plaque calcifiée et/ou la modifie. Le dispositif de traitement peut être un générateur de chocs thermiques, un générateur de résonance magnétique nucléaire ou un générateur de vibrations.