MEDICAL DEVICE FOR ULTRASOUND-ASSISTED DRUG DELIVERY

MEDICAL DEVICE FOR ULTRASOUND-ASSISTED DRUG DELIVERY

A system for treating a vascular region includes an elongate catheter shaft having a distal end region, with an inner lumen formed in the elongate shaft and a fluid delivery lumen formed in the elongate shaft adjacent to the inner lumen. A treatment core is disposable within the inner lumen, and has...

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Hauptverfasser: Czyscon, Joseph, Knapp, Christopher P, Montag, Benjamin, Genstler, Curtis Cornell
Format: Patent
Sprache:eng
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DIAGNOSIS
HUMAN NECESSITIES
HYGIENE
IDENTIFICATION
MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE
SURGERY
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Zusammenfassung:A system for treating a vascular region includes an elongate catheter shaft having a distal end region, with an inner lumen formed in the elongate shaft and a fluid delivery lumen formed in the elongate shaft adjacent to the inner lumen. A treatment core is disposable within the inner lumen, and has a plurality of ultrasound transducers that are adapted to move between a straight configuration and a helical configuration and to provide constructive interference when in the helical configuration.