Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Balloon catheter system assisted by ultrasound and microbubbles and method for vasodilation
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Application No.: US17410232Application Date: 2021-08-24
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Publication No.: US12023055B2Publication Date: 2024-07-02
- Inventor: Chih-Kuang Yeh , Chieh-Yu Tsai , Jen-Kuang Lee , Chun-Yen Lai , Zong-Han Hsieh
- Applicant: National Tsing Hua University
- Applicant Address: TW Hsinchu
- Assignee: National Tsing Hua University
- Current Assignee: National Tsing Hua University
- Current Assignee Address: TW Hsinchu
- Agency: Marquez IP Law Office, PLLC
- Agent Juan Carlos A. Marquez
- Main IPC: A61B17/22
- IPC: A61B17/22 ; A61K41/00

Abstract:
A balloon catheter system assisted by ultrasound and microbubbles and a method for vasodilation are provided. The system includes: a controller; a sensor catheter; a highly focused ultrasound probe, and the highly focused ultrasound probe and the sensor catheter is connected to the controller; and a balloon catheter. The method of vasodilation includes: providing a sensor catheter into a blood vessel, and controlling a highly focused ultrasound probe to focus at a hardened portion of the blood vessel; removing the sensor catheter from the blood vessel and inserting a balloon catheter into the blood vessel; infusing microbubbles into the balloon catheter and controlling the highly focused ultrasound probe to start working to destroy a calcification point of the hardened portion of the blood vessel, and smoothly inflating the balloon catheter at the hardened portion of the blood vessel.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220054155A1 BALLOON CATHETER SYSTEM ASSISTED BY ULTRASOUND AND MICROBUBBLES AND METHOD FOR VASODILATION Public/Granted day:2022-02-24
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