Device and method for dilation of a tubular anatomical structure
Brant D. Watson, Miami Beach, FL (US); and Henry W. Van Vurst, IV, Oakland Park, FL (US)
Assigned to Endo UV Tech, Inc., Oakland Park, FL (US)
Filed by Endo UV Tech, Inc., Oakland Park, FL (US)
Filed on Sep. 20, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/892,201.
Application 17/871,670 is a division of application No. 17/508,833, filed on Oct. 22, 2021, granted, now 11,446,089, issued on Sep. 20, 2022.
Application 18/892,201 is a continuation in part of application No. 18/189,183, filed on Mar. 23, 2023, granted, now 12,133,681.
Application 18/892,201 is a continuation in part of application No. PCT/US2023/064892, filed on Mar. 23, 2023.
Application 18/189,183 is a continuation in part of application No. 17/871,670, filed on Jul. 22, 2022, granted, now 11,963,720, issued on Apr. 23, 2024.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/322,821, filed on Mar. 23, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2025/0009428 A1, Jan. 9, 2025
1. A dilation system for dilating a tubular anatomical structure using UV laser light, said dilation system comprising an optical fiber and a thrombectomy balloon catheter, the optical fiber having a distal end configuration selected from the group consisting of an external cone an inverted cone, and a flat distal end comprising concentric circular grooves etched into the flat distal end, wherein the laser light is refractively emitted from the distal end of the optical fiber as a conical ring beams at an emission angle β greater than 15° and up to about 140°; wherein the optical fiber comprises a material selected from the group consisting of ALON, sapphire, and a customized polymeric material.
