US 11,890,025 B2
Guided thrombus dispersal catheter
Jeremy Stigall, Carlsbad, CA (US); Joe Lauinger, San Diego, CA (US); and Eric Johnson, Woodside, CA (US)
Assigned to PHILIPS IMAGE GUIDED THERAPY CORPORATION, San Diego, CA (US)
Appl. No. 15/037,183
Filed by KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven (NL)
PCT Filed Nov. 18, 2014, PCT No. PCT/US2014/066102
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 17, 2016,
PCT Pub. No. WO2015/074032, PCT Pub. Date May 21, 2015.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/905,430, filed on Nov. 18, 2013.
Prior Publication US 2016/0287278 A1, Oct. 6, 2016
Int. Cl. A61B 17/22 (2006.01); A61B 17/32 (2006.01); A61B 8/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 8/12 (2006.01); A61N 7/00 (2006.01); A61M 37/00 (2006.01); A61B 18/24 (2006.01); A61B 18/14 (2006.01); A61M 25/00 (2006.01); A61M 25/10 (2013.01); A61B 5/027 (2006.01); A61B 5/0215 (2006.01); A61B 18/00 (2006.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/2202 (2013.01) [A61B 5/0084 (2013.01); A61B 5/0095 (2013.01); A61B 8/12 (2013.01); A61B 8/445 (2013.01); A61B 17/22 (2013.01); A61B 17/320016 (2013.01); A61B 18/1492 (2013.01); A61B 18/245 (2013.01); A61M 37/0092 (2013.01); A61N 7/00 (2013.01); A61B 5/027 (2013.01); A61B 5/0215 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00022 (2013.01); A61B 2017/22084 (2013.01); A61B 2017/22088 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00011 (2013.01); A61B 2018/0022 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00029 (2013.01); A61B 2018/0041 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00404 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00577 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00797 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00809 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00815 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00821 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00863 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00982 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00994 (2013.01); A61B 2018/1467 (2013.01); A61B 2090/3784 (2016.02); A61M 25/007 (2013.01); A61M 25/0032 (2013.01); A61M 25/0054 (2013.01); A61M 25/104 (2013.01); A61N 2007/0043 (2013.01); A61N 2007/0052 (2013.01); A61N 2007/0078 (2013.01)] 23 Claims
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1. A catheter system for evaluating a body lumen and delivering therapy thereto, the catheter system comprising:
an elongate body comprising a distal portion, wherein the elongate body is insertable into the body lumen until the distal portion of the elongate body is distal to a treatment site within the body lumen, the elongate body having a central lumen and a plurality of delivery lumens encircling the central lumen on the distal portion of the elongate body;
an inner member configured for insertion into the central lumen, the inner member being movable within the central lumen, the inner member comprising an energy source configured to deliver therapeutic energy to the treatment site near the distal end of the elongate body; and
an imaging assembly located on the distal portion of the elongate body and on an exterior of the inner member, wherein the imaging assembly is configured to image the treatment site from inside the body lumen while the therapeutic energy is delivered to the treatment site.