Method and apparatus for imaging of vessel segments

GJ Tearney, M Shishkov, BE Bouma - US Patent 8,208,995, 2012 - Google Patents
An apparatus, method and software arrangement for imaging a surface of a structure that is
in contact with an opaque fluid is provided. The apparatus includes an article of manufacture …

OCT-IVUS catheter for concurrent luminal imaging

P Castella, NJ Kemp, TE Milner… - US Patent …, 2019 - Google Patents
The invention relates to an apparatus for in vivo imaging. More specifically, the present
invention relates to a catheter that incorporates an Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) …

Tissue ablation and monitoring thereof

A Salahieh, JP Claude, T Saul - US Patent 10,098,694, 2018 - Google Patents
An ablation catheter includes an elongate shaft and an inflatable ablation member. The
inflatable ablation member includes a flexible circuit with a conductor in electrical …

Apparatus and display methods relating to intravascular placement of a catheter

JB Cox, CW Crook, AK Misener, PD Morgan… - US Patent …, 2014 - Google Patents
(60) Provisional application No. 61/095,921, filed on Sep. 10, 2008, provisional application
No. 61/091,233, filed on Aug. 22, 2008, provisional application No. 60/990,242, filed on Nov …

Catheter with imaging capability acts as guidewire for cannula tools

EJ Seibel, RS Johnston, CD Melville - US Patent 8,840,566, 2014 - Google Patents
A6 IBIO/02(2006.01) A catheter having an imaging device on its distal end serves as A6
IBIO/04(2006.01) a guidewire for cannula tools, enabling the tools to be A6 IBIO/06(2006.01) …

Atherectomy catheters with longitudinally displaceable drive shafts

HN Patel, JB Simpson, CW McNall… - US Patent …, 2016 - Google Patents
Described herein are atherectomy catheters, systems and methods that include
longitudinally displaceable drive shafts that drive actuation of one or more cutters at the …

Process, system and software arrangement for determining at least one location in a sample using an optical coherence tomography

JF De Boer, BH Park - US Patent 8,081,316, 2011 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A system, process and software arrangement are provided to determine at
least one position of at least one portion of a sample. In particular, information associated …

Catheter assembly including ECG sensor and magnetic assemblies

RR Lemon, MW Bown - US Patent 9,901,714, 2018 - Google Patents
A stylet for use in guiding a distal tip of a catheter to a predetermined location within the
body of a patient. In one embodiment the stylet is configured for use within a lumen of the …

Needle assembly including an aligned magnetic element

JB Newman, R Cleverly, GH Howell… - US Patent …, 2020 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A guidance system for assisting with the insertion of a needle into a patient
body is disclosed. The guidance system utilizes ultrasound imaging or other suitable …

Catheterscope 3D guidance and interface system

TD Soper, RW Glenny, EJ Seibel - US Patent 9,554,729, 2017 - Google Patents
Visual-assisted guidance of an ultra-thin flexible endoscope to a predetermined region of
interest within a lung during a bronchoscopy procedure. The region may be an opacity …