127 results about "Common carotid artery" patented technology

Apparatus and methods for treatment of stroke are provided. In a preferred embodiment, the present invention disposes at least one catheter having a distal occlusive member in the common carotid artery of the hemisphere of the cerebral occlusion. Retrograde flow may be provided through the catheter to effectively control cerebral flow characteristics. Under such controlled flow conditions, a thrombectomy device may be used to treat the occlusion, and any emboli generated are directed into the catheter.

There is disclosed a porous emboli deflector for preventing cerebral emboli while maintaining cerebral blood flow during an endovascular or open surgical procedure. The device prevents the entrance of emboli of a size able to cause stroke (such as greater than 100 microns) from entering either the right or left common carotid arteries, and/or the right or left vertebral arteries by deflecting emboli downstream of these vessels. The device can be placed prior to any manipulation of the heart or aorta allowing maximal protection of the brain during the index procedure. The deflector has a low profile within the aorta which allows sheaths, catheters, or wires used in the index procedure to pass. Also disclosed are methods for insertion and removal of the deflector.

A method for treating both sessile and mobile aortic atheroma is described. A radially expanding device, such as a stent or compliant cast, comprising a generally cylindrical member expandable between a compressed state and an enlarged state is provided. The cylindrical member has a proximal opening, a distal opening, a lumen therebetween, and at least one side opening in the wall of the generally cylindrical member. The methods comprise imaging the aorta to identify position and extent of atheroma. The stent is then advanced into the aortic arch and positioned so that the at least one side-opening is aligned with the takeoff of one or more of the right brachiocephalic artery, the left common carotid artery, or the left subclavian artery. The stent is expanded into contact with the endoluminal surface of the aorta and atheroma is trapped between the stent and the endoluminal surface of the aorta.

There is disclosed a porous emboli deflector for preventing cerebral emboli while maintaining cerebral blood flow during an endovascular or open surgical procedure. The device prevents the entrance of emboli of a size able to cause stroke (such as greater than 100 microns) from entering either the right or left common carotid arteries, and/or the right or left vertebral arteries by deflecting emboli downstream of these vessels. The device can be placed prior to any manipulation of the heart or aorta allowing maximal protection of the brain during the index procedure. The deflector has a low profile within the aorta which allows sheaths, catheters, or wires used in the index procedure to pass. Also disclosed are methods for insertion and removal of the deflector.

There is disclosed a porous emboli deflector for preventing cerebral emboli while maintaining cerebral blood flow during an endovascular or open surgical procedure. The device prevents the entrance of emboli of a size able to cause stroke (such as greater than 100 microns) from entering either the right or left common carotid arteries, and/or the right or left vertebral arteries by deflecting emboli downstream of these vessels. The device can be placed prior to any manipulation of the heart or aorta allowing maximal protection of the brain during the index procedure. The deflector has a low profile within the aorta which allows sheaths, catheters, or wires used in the index procedure to pass. The deflector shaft could have a first portion and a second portion, the second portion being more flexible than the first portion. The deflector frame can include one, two, or more movable structures, such as hinges. Also disclosed are methods for insertion and removal of the deflector.

There is disclosed a porous emboli deflector for preventing cerebral emboli while maintaining cerebral blood flow during an endovascular or open surgical procedure. The device prevents the entrance of emboli of a size able to cause stroke (such as greater than 100 microns) from entering either the right or left common carotid arteries, and/or the right or left vertebral arteries by deflecting emboli downstream of these vessels. The device can be placed prior to any manipulation of the heart or aorta allowing maximal protection of the brain during the index procedure. The deflector has a low profile within the aorta which allows sheaths, catheters, or wires used in the index procedure to pass. Also disclosed are methods for insertion and removal of the deflector.

There is disclosed a porous emboli deflector for preventing cerebral emboli while maintaining cerebral blood flow during an endovascular or open surgical procedure. The device prevents the entrance of emboli of a size able to cause stroke (such as greater than 100 microns) from entering either the right or left common carotid arteries, and/or the right or left vertebral arteries by deflecting emboli downstream of these vessels. The device can be placed prior to any manipulation of the heart or aorta allowing maximal protection of the brain during the index procedure. The deflector has a low profile within the aorta which allows sheaths, catheters, or wires used in the index procedure to pass. Also disclosed are methods for insertion and removal of the deflector.

A system for treating stenosis in a target blood vessel, such as the common carotid artery, comprising a graft portion having a main portion and a branch portion extending therefrom. The branch portion extends from the intermediate portion of the main portion at an angle thereto and is in fluid communication with the main portion. A first stent is associated with the main portion and is expandable from a first configuration to a second configuration to retain the main portion in position within the target vessel. A second stent is associated with the branch portion and is expandable from a first configuration to a second configuration to retain the branch portion in position within a branching vessel. In one embodiment, the branch portion is integral with the main portion. In an alternate embodiment the branch portion is connected to the main portion.

To provide a body temperature adjuster which is easy to wear, comfortable to wear, and provides safe and effective adjustment of the body temperature. A length adjustable band member, the band member including a plurality of first storages and a plurality of second storages for storing temperature-adjusting members for adjusting the body temperature are provided, and when the wearer puts on the band member, the first storages are disposed at the positions contacting the armpits where axillary arteries run through, and the second storages are disposed at the positions contacting both sides of the neck where common carotid arteries run through.

A system for regulating blood pressure by stimulating an afferent pathway to the brain which produces an efferent output in kidneys includes a electrode device adapted for implantation in the cervical region, a stimulator generator, a cable connecting the electrode device and the stimulator generator, wherein the cervical region is generally located between a pair of common carotid arteries, above an aortic arch and in front of cervical vertebrae C2 and C3. A method of implantation includes placing the electrode device in the cervical region, selectively energizing the device in accordance with a stimulation scheme, assessing any changes in the patient's blood pressure, selectively energizing the device in accordance with another stimulation scheme, and assessing any changes in the patient's blood, for determining an optical stimulation scheme, wherein stimulation scheme involves parameters including, for example, position, placement and configuration of the electrode device in relation to surrounding tissue and/or organs, selection of electrodes energized, width, frequency and amplitude of stimulation current.

The invention provides a life-saving device including means for allowing the wearer to be found easily, and a body temperature adjuster for maintaining the body temperature of the wearer at a proper body temperature by fine-adjusting the body temperature of the wearer depending on the outside temperature or the body temperature until the wearer is rescued. The life-saving device includes heating members disposed so as to contact both sides of the neck where common carotid arteries run through and both armpits where axillary arteries run through when the main body of the life-saving device is worn, a power source for supplying electricity to the heating members, a body temperature detecting means for detecting the body temperature, an outside temperature detecting means for detecting the outside temperature, and a temperature controller for adjusting the temperature of the heating members in response to the temperature detected by the body temperature detecting means and the outside temperature detecting means, so that the body temperature of the wearer can be maintained at a proper temperature in case of emergency.

The invention relates to a branch artificial blood vessel bracket applied in surgery, which is provided with a terylene fabric blood vessel and a large bracket lined with a harder memory alloy wire; an artificial blood vessel of 1cm long without alloy wires is arranged at the near end and taken as a sewing ring; the branch artificial blood vessel bracket is characterized in that the near end of the large bracket is sewed by a small bracket; and the small bracket consists of the terylene fabric blood vessel and the lined soft memory alloy wire. The branch artificial blood vessel bracket creatively adds a branch bracket used for supporting the true lumen of left subclavian artery so as to keep smooth and complete left subclavian artery and the distal end of thoracic descending aorta, overcome the defects of the current surgery and avoid the coincidence of the left subclavian artery; and the distal end coincident hole is arranged between the innominate artery and the left common carotid artery, thus solving the most difficult point of the technique.

The present invention relates to aortic arch three collateral support blood vessels comprising an aorta support vascular that comprises an aorta ascenden section, an aortic arch section and an aorta section; the aorta support vascular also comprises three collateral artery support vasculars which are fixed respectively on an aortic arch section arc surface of the aorta support vascular and are formed into an five-way type. The three collateral artery support vasculars are corresponding respectively to an arteria anonyma, a left common carotid artery and a left subclavian artery. The invention is capable of greatly simplifying an operation process and greatly shortens the time of a deep hypothermia and a circulation arrest, which is characterized by not only omitting an inosculation between an artificial vascular graft and three branches of the aortic arch but also reducing bleeding rate and operation risk. In an operation, the invention changes an operation method from a partial blood vessel replacement plus partial endovascular repair to a complete endovascular repair.

Embolic protection devices useful for filtering emboli during interventional cardiac, vascular, or other procedures are described. The device can include first and second expandable mesh filters having open and closed ends. The first filter is attached to a catheter at its closed end. The second filter is attached to a steerable guide wire at its closed end. The second filter includes a cinching wire circumferentially attached to the filter. The filters are deployed in separate vessels, such as the brachiocephalic artery and the left common carotid artery. A procedure is performed, and the filters trap any emboli travelling through the path of the filters. At the end of the procedure, the second filter is closed using the cinching wire, and retracted into the first filter. Both the first and second filters are collapsed into a sheath and removed from the body with along with any emboli trapped in the filters.

The invention provides a simple and convenient method and a simple and convenient system for evaluating hemodynamic indexes and characteristic parameters of a blood signal of a carotid arterial system through non-invasive detection on blood pressure of brachial arteries and an axial blood velocity signal of a common carotid artery. The method comprises the following steps: detecting the waveform and a numerical value of an axial blood velocity of the common carotid artery by using a continuous Doppler blood velocity waveform detecting module, detecting diastolic pressure and systolic pressure of a human body by using an arm-type electronic blood pressure detecting module, and then calculating hemodynamic parameters of the carotid arterial system by a simplified method; and selecting Morlet mother wavelet for wavelet analysis on the waveform of the blood velocity of the common carotid artery, and calculating the characteristic parameters of the blood signal. The method is an analysis method which combines the hemodynamic principle and wavelet transformation; compared with the method adopted by the conventional cerebral hemodynamic analysis device, the signal acquisition and analysis method is simpler; and to a great extent, the defects that the conventional analysis device is complicated in structure, huge in volume, complex in operation, high in price and the like are overcome.

The invention relates to a method for establishing a rat external carotid artery catheter-indwelled cerebral ischemia reperfusion model. The method includes the following steps that: the direction of an external carotid artery blood vessel of a rat is drifted, the direction of the external carotid artery blood vessel of the rat is drifted to a position which is consistent with or parallel to the direction of an internal carotid artery blood vessel of the rat; the external carotid artery blood vessel is cut, a suture is inserted into an incision, so that cerebral ischemia can be formed in the neck of the rat; and 1 to 2 hours after the suture is inserted into the incision, and cerebral ischemia is formed, the suture is pulled out, and a catheter injection bag through which medicine can be injected repeatedly is arranged into the external carotid artery blood vessel. According to the method, an external carotid artery suture method is adopted to manufacture the rat ischemia reperfusion model, and therefore, the normal structures of an operation-side common carotid artery and an internal carotid artery can be protected; the catheter injection bag through which medicine can be injected repeatedly is indwelled in the external carotid artery, medicine can be injected into the internal carotid artery through the artery catheter repeatedly at different time points; nerve functional assessment after the model is established can be realized, and qualified animals could be accepted and subjected to experimental intervention, and therefore, the scientific nature of experiments can be greatly improved.

A method of implanting an aortic stent comprising steps of: putting a main tube on a metal guide wire; moving the main tube along the metal guide wire to the descending aorta, the main tube is constrained by a first cover, and first and second tube bifurcations are branched from the main section; removing the first cover; inserting a second and third metal guide wire through the first tube bifurcation into the ascending aorta and branchiocephalic artery respectively; a first and a second tube branch moving into the ascending aorta and the branchiocephalic artery respectively; inserting a fourth and fifth metal guide wire through the first tube bifurcation into the ascending aorta and branchiocephalic artery respectively; a third and a fourth tube branch moving into left common carotid artery and the left subclavian artery respectively; removing a second cover constraining said tube branches.

A total aortic arch reconstruction graft, including

• • a) a first, hollow cylindrical segment in the shape of an aortic arch and adapted to be joined to a patient's ascending aorta, and including three side hollow cylindrical branches in communication therewith and adapted to be joined to a patient's left subclavian artery, left common carotid artery and innominate artery, respectively, and a fourth hollow cylindrical branch adapted to be joined to a heart-lung machine;
  • b) a second, hollow cylindrical segment having a first end being joined to the second end of the first segment, and a second end adapted to be inserted into the descending aorta of a patient, the second segment having an expandable outer wall covered with an expandable open-mesh stent having means for attaching the second segment to an internal surface of a patient's descending aorta,
  • c) a collar having a diameter slightly larger than the diameter of said first segment, the collar located at a juncture where the first end of the second segment is joined to the second end of the first segment, with the collar having means for attachment to the open end of a patient's descending aorta. A surgical procedure for total replacement of the aortic arch of a patient is also disclosed.