Apparatus and method for guiding catheters
First Claim
1. A method of guiding a catheter within a mammalian body, the method comprising the steps of:
- positioning a catheter into a deep body lumen or organ using an external ultrasound image as a principle guidance system but also in conjunction with pressure gradients taken from an associated internally located device having sensors or pressure lumens mounted thereon;
using the ultrasound image and pressure gradients to guide the catheter into a desired position within the body.
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Abstract
The present invention is a system for guiding catheters into chamber or conduits of the body without the use of X-ray based imaging systems. The system disclosed is used for guidance of catheters in the heart chamber and heart protruding structures and conduits by using external ultrasound and device based physiological sensory inputs to create a quasi-visual-sensory-algorithm that is used to provide clinical proper sensory and handling input so that device placement is facilitated. The method and preferred devices are designed to deliver high energy defibrillation shocks to the myocardium and also provide a stable substrate for pressure lumens and or sensors used to provide “distal specific” physiological sensory inputs.
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29 Claims
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1. A method of guiding a catheter within a mammalian body, the method comprising the steps of:
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positioning a catheter into a deep body lumen or organ using an external ultrasound image as a principle guidance system but also in conjunction with pressure gradients taken from an associated internally located device having sensors or pressure lumens mounted thereon;
using the ultrasound image and pressure gradients to guide the catheter into a desired position within the body. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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