US 11,730,616 B2
Method and apparatus for ultrasound-guided delivery of vascular devices
Jeko Metodiev Madjarov, Charlotte, NC (US)
Assigned to Jeko Metodiev Madjarov, Charlotte, NC (US)
Filed by Jeko Metodiev Madjarov, Charlotte, NC (US)
Filed on Dec. 4, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/702,875.
Application 16/702,875 is a division of application No. 15/310,668, granted, now 10,524,943, previously published as PCT/IB2015/053380, filed on May 8, 2015.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/992,611, filed on May 13, 2014.
Prior Publication US 2020/0100923 A1, Apr. 2, 2020
Int. Cl. A61F 2/95 (2013.01); A61F 2/07 (2013.01); A61B 1/313 (2006.01); A61B 8/08 (2006.01); A61B 8/12 (2006.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01); A61B 8/00 (2006.01); A61F 2/954 (2013.01); A61F 2/06 (2013.01)
CPC A61F 2/95 (2013.01) [A61B 1/3137 (2013.01); A61B 8/0841 (2013.01); A61B 8/0891 (2013.01); A61B 8/12 (2013.01); A61B 8/4483 (2013.01); A61B 90/37 (2016.02); A61F 2/07 (2013.01); A61F 2/954 (2013.01); A61B 2090/378 (2016.02); A61F 2002/061 (2013.01); A61F 2210/0014 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0093 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
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1. A delivery device for delivering a vascular device to a target site within a body lumen comprising:
an outer sheath defining a first lumen, wherein the outer sheath defines a distal end thereof, and wherein the first lumen is configured to receive a vascular device therein;
a leading member configured to be disposed proximate the distal end of the outer sheath and to be engaged with the outer sheath when the delivery device is in a delivery configuration;
at least a first ultrasound transducer on the leading member, wherein the first ultrasound transducer is disposed proximate an outer surface of the leading member for transmitting and receiving ultrasound signals so as to provide at least a first image of an interior of a patient's blood vessel, such that a longitudinal position and a rotational position of the vascular device with respect to the patient's blood vessel and surrounding anatomical structures is capable of being determined and adjusted through manipulation of the delivery device based on the image provided; and
an inner sheath at least partially disposed within the first lumen of the outer sheath and configured to be axially movable with respect to the outer sheath, wherein the inner sheath defines a second lumen and a distal end thereof, wherein the second lumen is configured to receive the vascular device therein, and wherein the vascular device comprises a main body and at least one branch graft extending from the main body and configured to be aligned with and extended into an arterial branch, wherein the inner sheath comprises a slot configured to extend around the at least one branch graft.