Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Methods for treating a hollow anatomical structure
- Patent Title (中): 治疗中空解剖结构的方法
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Application No.: US12691703Application Date: 2010-01-21
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Publication No.: US07828793B2Publication Date: 2010-11-09
- Inventor: Russell Blake Thompson , Brady David Esch , Vijay Kumar Dhaka , Fiona Maria Sander
- Applicant: Russell Blake Thompson , Brady David Esch , Vijay Kumar Dhaka , Fiona Maria Sander
- Applicant Address: US MA Mansfield
- Assignee: Tyco Healthcare Group, LP
- Current Assignee: Tyco Healthcare Group, LP
- Current Assignee Address: US MA Mansfield
- Agency: Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear, LLP
- Main IPC: A61B18/08
- IPC: A61B18/08

Abstract:
A working end of a catheter includes at least one therapeutic element, such as a resistive heating element, usable to deliver energy for ligating, or reducing the diameter of, a hollow anatomical structure. In certain examples, the catheter includes a lumen to accommodate a guide wire or to allow fluid delivery. In certain embodiments, a balloon is inflated to place resistive element(s) into apposition with a hollow anatomical structure and to occlude the structure. Indexing devices and methods are also disclosed for successively treating portions of the hollow anatomical structure. In certain examples, marks along the catheter shaft provide visual verification to the physician of the relative position of the therapeutic element of the catheter. Embodiments of indexing devices may include pairs of rings and/or hinged arms that move a catheter a desired indexed position between successive treatments.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100114085A1 METHODS FOR TREATING A HOLLOW ANATOMICAL STRUCTURE Public/Granted day:2010-05-06
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