Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Steerable ultrasound catheter
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Application No.: US14139447Application Date: 2013-12-23
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Publication No.: US09381027B2Publication Date: 2016-07-05
- Inventor: Henry Nita , Jeff Sarge
- Applicant: FlowCardia, Inc.
- Agency: C.R. Bard Intellectual Property
- Agent Buchalter Nemer
- Main IPC: A61B17/32
- IPC: A61B17/32 ; A61B17/20 ; A61B8/00 ; A61B8/14 ; A61M25/00 ; A61B17/22 ; A61B17/00 ; A61B17/30

Abstract:
Ultrasound catheter devices and methods provide enhanced disruption of blood vessel obstructions. Ultrasound catheter devices generally include an elongate flexible catheter body with one or more lumens, an ultrasound transmission member extending longitudinally through the catheter body lumen and a distal head coupled with the transmission member and positioned adjacent the distal end of the catheter body for disrupting occlusions. Improved features of ultrasound catheters include catheter bodies and ultrasound transmission members with increasing distal flexibility, guidewire tubes allowing contact between a guidewire and an ultrasound transmission member, distal heads with improved guidewire lumens, and torquable proximal housings for enhancing disruption of blood vessel occlusions.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140180304A1 STEERABLE ULTRASOUND CATHETER Public/Granted day:2014-06-26
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