461 results about "Catheter device" patented technology

Catheter devices for treating occlusions in body lumen are described herein. The catheter devices may include a tubular body having a distal end, an distal portion elastically connected to the distal end of the tubular body, an impactor connected to the distal portion and separated by a space from the distal end of the tubular body, a distal shock wave emitter located adjacent to the space and connected to a power source, and an enclosure at least partially surrounding each of the distal end of the tubular body, the elastic distal portion, the impactor, and the distal shock wave emitter. The impactor may be configured to move in response to shock waves generated from the distal shock wave emitter, such that a length of the space in the proximal-distal direction increases by between 0.05 mm and 0.6 mm.

An exemplary shock wave catheter system comprises: a catheter body comprising a lumen; an emitter wire configured to generate shock waves, wherein one or more gaps are formed between two or more portions of the emitter wire along a length of the catheter body, each of the one or more gaps forming a locus emitter; a carrier wire configured to conduct electricity to the emitter wire; and one or more electrical joints configured to electrically couple and join the emitter wire and the carrier wire.

Systems, devices, and methods described herein relate to catheter devices for therapy delivery. In some embodiments, a catheter device includes a shaft and a needle, where the shaft defines a lumen configured to slidably receive the needle such that the needle can be advanced distally beyond the shaft to penetrate into a tissue site. The shaft further including a first electrode, and the needle including a second electrode, where the first and second electrodes are configured to deliver electroporation to the tissue site.

Systems, devices, and methods described herein relate to catheter devices for therapy delivery. In some embodiments, a catheter device includes an expandable electrode and a needle, where the needle can be advanced distal to a distal end of the expandable electrode and inserted into a tissue site. The expandable electrode and the distal end of the needle can be configured to deliver electroporation to the tissue site.

An aorta intervention catheter device for heart failure comprises a catheter and a bag body arranged at one end of the catheter, an elastic diaphragm is arranged in the bag body, an inner cavity of the bag body is divided into a blood chamber and an air chamber by the elastic diaphragm, the blood chamber is communicated with the catheter, an exhaust assembly is arranged on the bag body, and the air chamber is connected with an air source connector arranged on the bag body; the other end of the catheter is a proximal end, first guide films which are staggered at intervals and inclined towards one side of the proximal end and second guide films which are inclined towards a distal end are arranged on the inner wall of the catheter, and first guide holes and second guide holes which correspond to the first guide films and the second guide films and are communicated with an inner cavity of the catheter are respectively formed in the outer wall of the catheter; the proximal side of the second guide film is provided with at least one set of third guide films which are fixed to the inner wall of the catheter, incline towards the distal end and are tightly attached to each other to be closed. The aorta is directly intervened to enter the heart, and coronary artery blood perfusion is increased in the diastolic period; the left ventricular post-load is reduced in the systolic period, and the heart failure can be more directly treated.

A device for measuring intraurethral pressure comprises an elongate tube having at least first and second balloons on the elongate tube, one or more channels positioned within a lumen of the tube having at least first, second and third channels creating drain and balloon channels, and one or more sensors fluidly connected to the second balloon. In some embodiments, a fourth channel also extends to the second balloon. In some embodiments, the tube comprises a plurality of balloons positioned along its length. In some embodiments, the device can measure urethral pressure and / or bladder pressure. Also described is a method of measuring intraurethral pressure using the disclosed device.

A prosthesis assembly includes a stent frame that is expandable and configured for being positioned in the ascending aorta, and a receiving socket positioned within a proximal end of the prosthesis assembly. The receiving socket defines a recess for allowing flowthrough of blood into the stent frame. The receiving socket is further configured for selectively receiving a heart valve assembly for replacing a native heart of a patient or maintaining a mode of operation where the socket is empty and blood flows through the socket into the stent frame.

Systems, devices, and methods described herein relate to catheter devices for therapy delivery in renal denervation applications. In some embodiments, a catheter includes a shaft having first and second sets of electrodes. In some embodiments, each electrode set can include electrodes that are spaced from one another by inter-electrode spacings and being spaced from one another by an inter-set spacing. In some embodiments, the inter-set spacing can be at least 50% greater than each inter-electrode spacing. In some embodiments, the first or second set of electrodes can include at least one basket electrode.

The systems, devices, and methods described herein relate to catheter devices for therapeutic delivery in renal denervation applications. In some embodiments, the catheter includes a shaft having a first set of electrodes and a second set of electrodes, each of the first set of electrodes and the second set of electrodes including electrodes spaced apart from each other by an inter-electrode spacing and the first set of electrodes and the second set of electrodes spaced apart from each other by an inter-group spacing. In some embodiments, the inter-group spacing may be at least 50% greater than each inter-electrode spacing. In some embodiments, the first set of electrodes or the second set of electrodes may include at least one basket-shaped electrode.

Transcatheter devices and delivery systems with various shape-memory improvements for facilitating procedures, including advancement within the body. The devices may include metallic stent features that are trained to assume certain shapes upon direct heating or cooling. Device can be trained with multiple shape memory configurations. For some devices, anchor arms extend from the device and are curled or curved at body temperature but can be straightened out when cooled. Similarly, a support structure of the devices can be trained to radially self-crimp when subjected to a reduced temperature. Various convertible elements within a delivery system can also be trained so as to enable selective disengagement. Cooling may be accomplished through the instruction of a cold saline solution, or through the use of miniature Peltier coolers mounted on the convertible elements themselves, or other means.

A catheter device includes a tube member. The tube member comprises a distal portion and a proximal portion. Each of the distal portion and the proximal portion of the tube member comprises a plurality of cuts circumferentially extending around a longitudinal axis of the tube member. The plurality of cuts of the distal portion of the tube member comprises a first pitch, a first cut length, and a first uncut length, the plurality of cuts of the proximal portion of the tube member comprises a second pitch, a second cut length, and a second uncut length, and the first pitch is less than the second pitch, the first cut length is greater than the second length, and the first uncut length is less than the second uncut length.

Adjacent tissue layers can be accessed using a catheter device with a distal tip having a conductive portion including a first cutting feature and one or more projections extending from the first cutting feature towards an outer diameter of the distal tip. Electrical energy can be supplied to the conductive portion of the device to cut tissue. A stent can be delivered to form a fluid communication between the adjacent tissue layers.

The application belongs to the technical field of medical supplies, and discloses an OCT catheter loading system which comprises a catheter device and a driving device. The catheter device comprises a first plug-in assembly, a fixing sleeve and a fiber connector, the fiber connector is fixedly arranged in the fixing sleeve, the catheter is plugged into the fiber connector, and the fixing sleeve has an initial position and a rotating position relative to the first plug-in assembly; the driving device comprises a fixing seat, a second plug-in assembly, a fiber adapter and a driving assembly, the second plug-in assembly is arranged in the fixing seat, and the fiber adapter is arranged in the fixing seat through a fixing member. Before the fiber connector and the fiber adapter are plugged in, the fixing sleeve is located at the initial position relative to the first plug-in assembly; after the fiber connector and the fiber adapter are plugged in, the second plug-in assembly drives the first plug-in assembly to move to the rotating position relative to the fixing sleeve, and the driving assembly drives the fiber adapter to rotate, so that the plugging work of the fiber connector and the fiber adapter is manually completed.

Systems, devices, and methods described herein relate to catheter devices for therapy delivery. In some embodiments, a catheter device includes a shaft and a needle, where the shaft defines a lumen configured to slidably receive the needle such that the needle can be advanced distally beyond the shaft to penetrate into a tissue site. The shaft further including a first electrode, and the needle including a second electrode, where the first and second electrodes are configured to deliver electroporation to the tissue site.

Provided are methods and devices for facilitating the advancement of a catheter device, such as an intracardiac ultrasound examination catheter, through a body wall, such as the septum of the heart. The catheter device is advanced through a subject's vasculature to a first body cavity. The catheter device is coupled to a guidewire previously placed within the vasculature between the first and second cavities. The catheter device is then advanced from the first body cavity to the second body cavity through a body wall separating the first and second cavities. To facilitate this advancement, the catheter device can be magnetically coupled to the guidewire. The magnetic assembly can be provided on a distal portion of a sleeve through which the distal portion of the catheter is advanced. A malleable dilator element can also be provided on the distal portion of the sleeve.

The drainage catheter device is composed of a soft drainage tube, a homogeneous transparent body and a visual module based on integration of a light source and a camera, the head end of the homogeneous transparent body is arc-shaped, the tail end of the homogeneous transparent body is flat and is matched with and connected with the diameter of the drainage tube, and the length of the transparent body is larger than or equal to the object distance of the visual module. One or more side holes are formed in the side face, close to the tail end of the transparent body, of the drainage tube, and the side holes are drainage holes of the drainage tube. According to the drainage catheter device, a one-cavity dual-purpose using method is adopted, the drainage catheter device can be used as a visual cavity and can also be used as a drainage cavity, it can be guaranteed that the diameter of the soft drainage catheter body is small, and trauma to brain tissue is smaller.

Systems, devices, and methods described herein relate to catheter devices for therapy delivery. In some embodiments, a catheter device includes an expandable electrode and a needle, where the needle can be advanced distal to a distal end of the expandable electrode and inserted into a tissue site. The expandable electrode and the distal end of the needle can be configured to deliver electroporation to the tissue site.

Transcatheter devices comprise an expandable stent frame configured to expand from a contracted orientation to an expanded orientation. The transcatheter devices further comprise a plurality of hooks coupled to the expandable stent frame. The plurality of hooks are configured to expand from a loaded state to a deployed state. Methods include deploying a plurality of hooks coupled to the expandable stent frame from a loaded state to a deployed state and expanding an expandable stent frame from a contracted orientation to an expanded orientation.

Systems, devices, and methods described herein relate to catheter devices for therapy delivery in renal denervation applications. In some embodiments, a catheter includes a shaft having first and second sets of electrodes. In some embodiments, each electrode set can include electrodes that are spaced from one another by inter-electrode spacings and being spaced from one another by an inter-set spacing. In some embodiments, the inter-set spacing can be at least 50% greater than each inter-electrode spacing. In some embodiments, the first or second set of electrodes can include at least one basket electrode.

A catheter device with a sensor is disclosed. The catheter device comprises a catheter with a biomarker strip inside the lumen of the catheter. The biomarker strip comprises indicators detecting characteristics of a user's urine.

An IV catheter device can include or being configured to employ a probe assembly having an integrated fluid flushing mechanism. The probe assembly can be configured in a variety of ways to cause flushing fluid to be injected through a fluid permeable structure of the probe as the probe is advanced distally from a catheter. In this way, the fluid permeable structure can be kept clear of any occlusion that may otherwise form. With the probe extending distally from the catheter, a blood sample may be collected.

Provided herein are catheter devices, systems, and methods to ablate a tissue location. The devises, systems, and methods disclosed herein include ablation systems including a catheter system with inner and outer shafts that deliver an ablation medium (e.g., a cryogenic ablation medium) to a body lumen and evacuate the ablation medium from the body lumen. In some embodiments, devices, systems, and methods disclosed herein relate to monitoring and regulating pressure, temperature, or other conditions within a body lumen during an ablation procedure.

The utility model relates to the technical field of medical apparatus and instruments, and provides a catheter device with needling prevention and distance fixing functions, which comprises a needle seat shell and a tearable seat, a needle tube is connected onto the needle seat shell, a catheter seat and a needling prevention protection module are mounted in the needle seat shell, and the tearable seat is connected with a tearable needle tube. The catheter seat is connected with a catheter matched with the needle tube, the needle tube is provided with a fixing ring matched with the anti-needling protection module, the needle seat shell is provided with a clamping groove used for fixing the catheter seat and a sliding groove used for moving the catheter seat, and the end of the needle seat shell is provided with a guide arm and a positioning arm. Through the cooperation of the fixing ring and the anti-acupuncture protection module, the needle head part is fixedly contained in the anti-acupuncture protection module when the needle tube is drawn out, the anti-acupuncture effect is achieved under the condition that passing of a guide wire is not affected, and the catheter base and the lateral branch connector for fixing the distance are of an integrated structure; and the guide arm, the positioning arm and the tearable seat can be assembled in positive and negative directions, the structure is simple, and the operation is convenient.

The embodiment of the invention provides an expansion catheter device. The dilation catheter device comprises a catheter body assembly and a balloon body assembly. The pipe body assembly comprises a first pipe body and a second pipe body which extend in the same axial direction and can move relative to the axial direction. The second pipe body penetrates through the first pipe body. The balloon body assembly comprises an expansion balloon body and an interception balloon body which are arranged at the far end of the second tube body at an interval; the expansion bag body and the interception bag body are arranged in an expandable or contractible mode. Wherein the expansion bag body and the interception bag body are used for inputting filler to expand when the bag body assembly is exposed out of the first tube body along with relative axial movement, and a thrombus interception space is defined by the expansion bag body and the interception bag body and the blood vessel wall, so that at least part of thrombus extruded by the expansion bag body enters the thrombus interception space; and the first tube body enters the thrombus interception space to perform thrombus suction action. The expanded intercepting capsule body can intercept part of thrombus which falls off due to extrusion, and the thrombus is prevented from flowing to the far end of a blood vessel and causing embolism; and the first tube body can also suck the intercepted part of thrombus out of the body.

Exemplary embodiments described herein are directed to a vascular access catheter device with an inline needle, the device having a needle portion that is linearly displaceable relative to a catheter portion, and vice versa, and to methods of performing blood transfer procedures using said device. Retraction of the needle portion relative to the catheter portion allows the catheter of the catheter portion to cover the needle tip during a blood transfer procedure, thereby preventing needle damage to a fistula / graft or peripheral vessel of a patient, as well as possible needle stick injuries to health care workers during removal / disposal of a used device. Because the needle still remains largely within the catheter after retraction, there is no risk of catheter collapse, kinking, etc., during use, which could compromise blood flow during a hemodialysis or other vascular access procedure.

A catheter device is disclosed comprising; an elongate sheath (503) with a lumen and a distal end for positioning at a heart valve (6), an embolic protection device (200) for temporarily positioning in the aortic arch for deflection of embolic debris from the ascending aorta to the descending aorta, said embolic protection device is connectable to a transluminal delivery unit (130) extending proximally from a connection point (131), and having: a frame with a periphery, a blood permeable unit within said periphery for preventing embolic particles from passing therethrough with a blood flow downstream an aortic valve into side vessels of said aortic arch to the brain of a patient, and at least one tissue apposition sustaining unit (300, 350) extending from said catheter, into said aortic arch, and being attached to said embolic protection device at a sustaining point (502), for application of a stabilization force offset to said connection point at said embolic protection device, such as at said periphery, and for providing said stabilization force towards an inner wall of said aortic arch, away from said heart, and in a direction perpendicular to a longitudinal extension of said periphery, when said catheter device is positioned in said aortic arch, such that tissue apposition of said periphery to an inner wall of said aortic arch is supported by said force for improving stability and peripheral sealing. In addition related methods are disclosed.

The disclosed technology includes an insertion tool including a first body including a hemostasis valve configured to receive a flexible shaft and prevent fluid flow through the hemostasis valve. The insertion tool may include a second body coupled to the first body, the second body including a chamber, a guide tube smaller than the chamber, and a valve. The guide tube may be connected distal to the chamber and along a longitudinal axis of the second body to guide a flexible shaft into a sheath, and the valve may be at least partially disposed in the guide tube. The valve may be biased to a closed position and prevent fluid flow through the valve when a flexible shaft is inserted therethrough.

The invention relates to the technical field of medical instruments, in particular to a catheter device for taking out blood vessel thrombus, which comprises a connector and a suction catheter body, one end of the suction catheter body is connected with a suction port of the connector, and a liquid suction pipe orifice communicated with an inner cavity is fixedly mounted on the side surface of the connector. A guide wire is inserted into the inner side of the suction catheter body in a penetrating mode and penetrates through an inner cavity of the connector. The thrombus aspiration catheter has the advantages that the aspiration catheter body is slowly inserted into a blood vessel, the aspiration opening of the aspiration catheter body is moved to the thrombus, the thrombus can be aspirated, the thrombus can be aspirated, the thrombus can be aspirated, the thrombus can be aspirated, the thrombus can be aspirated, the thrombus can be aspirated, the thrombus can be aspirated, the thrombus can be aspirated, the thrombus can be aspirated, and the thrombus can be aspirated. The guide wire is driven by the adjusting mechanism to extend forwards along the inner cavity of the suction catheter body, the guide wire firstly drives the telescopic mechanism to slide forwards, and the guide wire continues to move close to the suction opening of the suction catheter body.

An intraosseous access device can include a device body, a trocar needle coupled to the device body, and an intraosseous catheter removably disposed on the trocar needle. The device body can be configured to enable manual insertion of a distal tip of the trocar needle through a skin surface of a patient to an external surface of a bone of the patient. The intraosseous catheter can include a catheter hub and a cannula slidable with respect to the catheter hub to enable adjustment of a longitudinal length of the intraosseous catheter. The intraosseous access device can further include an advancement mechanism configured to advance the trocar needle and the intraosseous catheter into an internal portion of the bone after the distal tip of the trocar needle and the intraosseous catheter have been inserted through the skin surface of the patient to the external surface of the bone of the patient.

A catheter device (200) includes a housing extending from a proximal end to a distal end, a fixed tubular segment extending from a proximal end immovably coupled to the housing to a distal end, an outer tubular member (213) extending from a proximal end coupled to the housing to a distal end (215), and an inner tubular member (209) extending from a proximal end to a distal end. The inner tubular member is slidably received within an interior of the outer tubular member and is slidably received over an exterior of the fixed tubular segment. The inner tubular member is configured to slide relative to each of the fixed tubular segment and the outer tubular member to selectively extend or retract the distal end of the inner tubular member relative to the distal end of the outer tubular member.