TISSUE TREATMENT CATHETER HAVING SUPPORTIVE ISOLATION TUBE

TISSUE TREATMENT CATHETER HAVING SUPPORTIVE ISOLATION TUBE

A tissue treatment catheter includes a catheter shaft having a fluid lumen in fluid communication with an interior of a balloon, and a guidewire lumen. The balloon is mounted on the catheter shaft and contains an ultrasound transducer. An isolation tube extends through the ultrasound transducer and...

Ausführliche Beschreibung

Gespeichert in:
Bibliographische Detailangaben
Hauptverfasser: Dailey, Eric, Mazzone, James D, Cheung, Desmond
Format: Patent
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY
DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR
DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROMTHE BODY
DIAGNOSIS
HUMAN NECESSITIES
HYGIENE
IDENTIFICATION
MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE
SURGERY
Online-Zugang:Volltext bestellen
Tags: Tag hinzufügen
Keine Tags, Fügen Sie den ersten Tag hinzu!
Beschreibung
Zusammenfassung:A tissue treatment catheter includes a catheter shaft having a fluid lumen in fluid communication with an interior of a balloon, and a guidewire lumen. The balloon is mounted on the catheter shaft and contains an ultrasound transducer. An isolation tube extends through the ultrasound transducer and into the guidewire lumen. A proximal tube end of the isolation tube is between a distal shaft end of the catheter shaft and a guidewire port of the catheter shaft. Other embodiments are also described and claimed.