Multi-Port Catheter System with Medium Control and Measurement Systems for Therapy and Diagnosis Delivery
First Claim
1. A catheter system for transferring at least one medium into a plurality of locations within a body of a patient, said system comprising:
- an outer tube having a distal end and a proximal end, and having a wall extending longitudinally there between;
at least one inner tube disposed within said outer tube, said at least one inner tube having a distal end and a proximal end, and having a wall extending longitudinally there between;
said at least one inner tube being adapted to move longitudinally and/or circumferentially relative to said outer tube to move along the body to allow transference of the medium between said inner tube and said plurality of locations within the body;
an imaging system to provide imaging data; and
a medium control system to control the medium.
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Abstract
A series of embodiments of multi-lumen, multisegmented (or variable diameter) catheters and associated multi-channel flow control and measurement systems and methods for simultaneous delivery of a medium to a plurality of locations is described. The need for precise, stable reliable, and repeatable flow control in therapy delivery catheters is crucial to the efficacious treatment of the clinical manifestations of peripheral vascular disease (PVD) and other such maladies. Such treatments may involve the placement of multi-lumen catheters into peripheral arterial trees, with the subsequent need to govern the flow dynamics within each individual lumen of the multi-lumen device in such a way that an optimum distribution of the agent is achieved intra-arterially. Combinations of pumps, flow monitors, pressure monitors, feedback loops and related hardware and software collectively capable of achieving this goal are described. In other embodiments, this device and method could be used for infusions into tissues and solid organs, and microcoil systems can be added to the various components of the catheter systems to improve the imaging quality during MR-guided procedures.
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114 Claims
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1. A catheter system for transferring at least one medium into a plurality of locations within a body of a patient, said system comprising:
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an outer tube having a distal end and a proximal end, and having a wall extending longitudinally there between; at least one inner tube disposed within said outer tube, said at least one inner tube having a distal end and a proximal end, and having a wall extending longitudinally there between; said at least one inner tube being adapted to move longitudinally and/or circumferentially relative to said outer tube to move along the body to allow transference of the medium between said inner tube and said plurality of locations within the body; an imaging system to provide imaging data; and a medium control system to control the medium. - 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, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 102, 105)
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58. A method for transferring at least one medium into a plurality of locations within a body of a patient using a catheter system, said method comprising:
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inserting an outer tube into the body, said outer tube having a distal end and a proximal end, and having a wall extending longitudinally there between; inserting at least one inner tube disposed within said outer tube, said at least one inner tube having a distal end and a proximal end, and having a wall extending longitudinally there between; said at least one inner tube being adapted to move longitudinally and/or circumferentially relative to said outer tube to move along the body to allow transference of the medium between said inner tube and said plurality of locations within the body; imaging data using an imaging system; and controlling the medium. - View Dependent Claims (59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 103, 104, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114)
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