US 12,408,934 B2
Steerable crossing catheter
Jason T. Anderson, Deephaven, MN (US); Patrick A. Haverkost, Corcoran, MN (US); John Harris Mundahl, Golden Valley, MN (US); John James Ling Laroy, Minneapolis, MN (US); Raed N. Rizq, Maple Grove, MN (US); Joel M. Wasdyke, Eden Prairie, MN (US); and Rowan Olund Hettel, Plymouth, MN (US)
Assigned to BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC., Maple Grove, MN (US)
Filed by BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC., Maple Grove, MN (US)
Filed on May 21, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/670,219.
Application 18/670,219 is a continuation of application No. 17/165,182, filed on Feb. 2, 2021, granted, now 12,016,579.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/969,252, filed on Feb. 3, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0299049 A1, Sep. 12, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61B 17/22 (2006.01); A61M 25/00 (2006.01); A61M 25/01 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/34 (2006.01); A61B 34/20 (2016.01)
CPC A61B 17/22 (2013.01) [A61M 25/0068 (2013.01); A61M 25/0138 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00022 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00106 (2013.01); A61B 2017/003 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00309 (2013.01); A61B 2017/22094 (2013.01); A61B 2017/3413 (2013.01); A61B 2034/2063 (2016.02)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
advancing a medical device through a vessel, wherein the medical device includes a steering member, a penetrating tip, a core, and a sensing assembly coupled to the core;
sensing tissue properties adjacent to the sensing assembly within the vessel;
estimating a position of the medical device within the vessel based on the tissue properties; and
steering the medical device with the steering member based on the estimated position;
wherein the tissue properties include different types of collagen.