Low profile intraluminal suturing device and method
    61.
    发明授权
    Low profile intraluminal suturing device and method 失效
    薄型腔内缝合装置及方法

    公开(公告)号:US5902311A

    公开(公告)日:1999-05-11

    申请号:US491496

    申请日:1995-06-15

    IPC分类号: A61B17/04 A61B17/00

    摘要: An improved suturing device and method is provided. The suturing device is of the type including a guide body and means on the guide body for translating at least one needle relative to the guide body. The suturing device is improved by providing a rotatable sleeve disposed over at least a distal portion of the guide body to facilitate introduction of the device to a puncture site.

    摘要翻译: 提供了一种改进的缝合装置和方法。 缝合装置的类型包括引导体和引导体上用于相对于引导体平移至少一个针的装置。 通过提供设置在引导体的至少远端部分上方的可旋转套筒来改善缝合装置,以便于将装置引入穿刺部位。

    Intravascular catheter with guiding structure
    62.
    发明授权
    Intravascular catheter with guiding structure 失效
    导管结构导管

    公开(公告)号:US5895402A

    公开(公告)日:1999-04-20

    申请号:US784404

    申请日:1997-01-17

    IPC分类号: A61B17/22 A61B17/32 A61M29/02

    摘要: Intravascular catheters that include a flexible catheter body, a distal housing secured to the catheter body, a work element disposed within the housing and exposed to the external environment through a side window, and a guiding structure for the work element, are disclosed. An axial path through the housing is defined by the guiding structure. Embodiments of the guiding structure include a slot or channel formed in the housing, a coaxial tube attached to the housing, a radially offset ribbon attached to the housing, or the external surface of the housing itself. The work element, such as a rotatable cutting blade in an atherectomy catheter, is coupled to the guiding structure such that the work element is retained within the housing during insertion and operation of the catheter and even when the housing is bent or distorted as a result of bends in the blood vessel.

    摘要翻译: 公开了一种血管内导管,其包括柔性导管主体,固定到导管主体的远侧壳体,设置在壳体内并通过侧窗暴露于外部环境的工件,以及用于工件的引导结构。 通过引导结构限定通过壳体的轴向路径。 引导结构的实施例包括形成在壳体中的槽或通道,附接到壳体的同轴管,附接到壳体的径向偏移带或壳体本身的外表面。 诸如在粥样斑块切除术导管中的可旋转切割刀片的工作元件联接到引导结构,使得在插入和操作导管期间工作元件保持在壳体内,并且即使当壳体弯曲或扭曲时 在血管中弯曲。

    Intravascular catheter with guiding structure
    65.
    发明授权
    Intravascular catheter with guiding structure 失效
    导管结构导管

    公开(公告)号:US5643296A

    公开(公告)日:1997-07-01

    申请号:US357999

    申请日:1994-12-16

    摘要: Intravascular catheters that include a flexible catheter body, a distal housing secured to the catheter body, a work element disposed within the housing and exposed to the external environment through a side window, and a guiding structure for the work element, are disclosed. An axial path through the housing is defined by the guiding structure. Embodiments of the guiding structure include a slot or channel formed in the housing, a coaxial tube attached to the housing, a radially offset ribbon attached to the housing, or the external surface of the housing itself. The work element, such as a rotatable cutting blade in an atherectomy catheter, is coupled to the guiding structure such that the work element is retained within the housing during insertion and operation of the catheter and even when the housing is bent or distorted as a result of bends in the blood vessel.

    摘要翻译: 公开了一种血管内导管,其包括柔性导管主体,固定到导管主体的远侧壳体,设置在壳体内并通过侧窗暴露于外部环境的工件,以及用于工件的引导结构。 通过引导结构限定通过壳体的轴向路径。 引导结构的实施例包括形成在壳体中的槽或通道,附接到壳体的同轴管,附接到壳体的径向偏移带或壳体本身的外表面。 诸如在粥样斑块切除术导管中的可旋转切割刀片的工作元件联接到引导结构,使得在插入和操作导管期间工作元件保持在壳体内,并且即使当壳体弯曲或扭曲时 在血管中弯曲。

    Atherectomy catheter and method
    66.
    发明授权
    Atherectomy catheter and method 失效
    粥样斑块切除术导管及方法

    公开(公告)号:US5527325A

    公开(公告)日:1996-06-18

    申请号:US348289

    申请日:1994-12-01

    IPC分类号: A61B17/22 A61M25/00

    摘要: An improved atherectomy catheter and methods of making and using a catheter are disclosed. In one embodiment, the catheter comprises a housing shaft having a torsionally-reinforced outer layer concentrically disposed over a polymeric inner layer, with an inflation tube disposed concentrically over the housing shaft to define an annular inflation lumen. A housing is attached to the distal end of the housing shaft, and may contain an interventional device such as a cutting blade. Apparatus for urging the housing against a vessel wall, such as a balloon, is attached to the housing opposite the an interventional device and is in communication with the inflation lumen. A drive shaft may be rotatably disposed through a longitudinal lumen in the housing shaft, the drive shaft being coupled at its distal end to the interventional device. The method of the invention facilitates construction of a catheter shaft through the steps of forming a flexible tubular polymeric outer layer with a first melting point over a tubular polymeric inner layer with a second melting point, the first melting point being lower than the second melting point; heating the outer layer to at least the first melting point and less than the second melting point, and impregnating a wire braid into the outer layer up to the inner layer. In a preferred embodiment, the inner layer is a fluorocarbon polymer, and the outer layer is a thermoplastic elastomer which is stable near body temperatures, impregnated with one or more layers of a stainless steel wire braid.

    摘要翻译: 公开了改进的粥样斑块切除术导管和制造和使用导管的方法。 在一个实施例中,导管包括壳体轴,其具有同心地设置在聚合物内层上方的扭转增强的外层,同心放置在壳体轴上以限定环形膨胀腔。 壳体附接到壳体轴的远端,并且可以包含介入装置,例如切割刀片。 用于将壳体推靠在容器壁(例如气囊)上的装置被附接到与介入装置相对的壳体并与膨胀腔连通。 驱动轴可以可旋转地设置穿过壳体轴中的纵向内腔,驱动轴在其远端处联接到介入装置。 本发明的方法有助于通过以下步骤形成导管轴的构造:在具有第二熔点的管状聚合物内层上形成具有第一熔点的柔性管状聚合物外层,第一熔点低于第二熔点 ; 将外层加热到至少第一熔点并小于第二熔点,并将丝编织物浸入外层直到内层。 在优选的实施方案中,内层是碳氟聚合物,外层是热塑性弹性体,其在体温附近是稳定的,浸渍有一层或多层不锈钢丝编织物。