Multi-Catheter Handle Integration for Synchronized Imaging
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Solution Overview
Problem
Catheters used in medical procedures are typically single-use and lack sophisticated electrical components, requiring separate data processing equipment, leading to space and equipment challenges, especially in underdeveloped settings, and existing systems fail to address the need for a portable and efficient hardware system that integrates multiple imaging modalities and data processing capabilities.
Innovation Solution
A portable and efficient hardware system that integrates multiple imaging modalities and data processing capabilities, including a battery module, a wireless module, a computing module, and a synchronization system.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If separate data processing equipment and cables are used for each catheter modality, then data processing capability is improved, but device complexity and space requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple separate data processing equipment into a single integrated system that can handle multiple catheter modalities (ICE, IVUS, RF ablation, FFR) simultaneously. The system includes a unified processing unit, power supply, and control interface that consolidates previously separate equipment, thereby reducing device complexity and equipment redundancy while maintaining comprehensive data processing capability.
Solution Approach 2:
The integrated system is designed with universal interfaces and modular architecture that can accommodate multiple different catheter types and modalities through a single platform. The system includes configurable processing channels and adaptable connection interfaces that enable one piece of equipment to perform the functions previously requiring multiple separate devices.
2Loss of information
If multiple cables extend from catheters to processing equipment, then data transmission is improved, but safety hazards increase due to tripping risks in operating rooms
Solution Approach 1:
The patent consolidates multiple separate cable connections into a single integrated connection system. The unified processing equipment requires fewer physical cable connections to the catheters, reducing the number of tripping hazards in the operating room while maintaining all necessary data transmission channels through the integrated system's multiple processing channels.
3Ease of manufacture
If catheters are constructed from inexpensive materials with simple mechanical elements, then cost is reduced, but functionality and integration capability are limited
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs inexpensive catheter materials and simple mechanical elements that are compatible with the integrated processing system's universal interfaces. The system's modular architecture and configurable channels allow it to accommodate various catheter types with simple designs, enabling cost-effective catheter manufacturing while maintaining full integration capability through the system's adaptable connection and processing mechanisms.
Data Source
AI summary
A multiple-modality catheter system disposed in a housing comprises a battery pack, a wireless module to communicate with a control console, a remote control or remote controls and a display or displays, a computing module, a modality circuitry module to control a plurality of catheter modules, and a connector or a plurality of connectors adapted to connect to a plurality of catheters. The multiple-modality catheter system may be highly integrated to fit a reusable universal catheter handle. The multiple-modality system includes a synchronization circuitry to minimize interference between the catheter modalities to get high quality ultrasound images. The ultrasound image quality improvement feature can be further enhanced by system noise detection and correction. And the multiple-modality system disclosed can be used for lesion tracking and ablation by applying deep-learning.