Catheter and associated medical examination and treatment device
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Abstract
A catheter for treatment of the heart with a flexible catheter sheath surrounding a catheter lumen and with an apparatus for implanting cell material, which comprises an injection apparatus arranged in an area of the catheter tip, is to be created such that the risk of such an intervention is reduced in relation to previously known and practiced concepts. To this end there is inventive provision for at least one imaging sensor to be arranged in the area of the catheter tip.
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31 Claims
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16. A catheter for an intervention treatment of a heart of a patient, comprising:
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a catheter lumen; a flexible catheter sheath that surrounds the catheter lumen; an injection device arranged in an area of a catheter tip that injects a cell material in the heart; and an imaging sensor arranged in the area of the catheter tip that records an image of the intervention. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. A medical examination and treatment device having a catheter for performing an intervention on a heart of a patient, comprising:
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a catheter lumen; a flexible catheter sheath that surrounds the catheter lumen; an injection device arranged in an area of a catheter tip that injects a cell material in the heart; an imaging sensor arranged in the area of the catheter tip that records an image of the intervention; a signal line that is guided in the catheter lumen; and an image editing and reproduction device that is located outside the catheter and connected with the image sensor via the signal line, wherein the imaging sensor is configured to transmit the image from a location of the intervention to the image editing and reproduction device in a real time.
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30. A method for minimally-invasive intervention on a heart of a patient by a catheter, comprising:
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inserting the catheter through a blood vessel of the patient to a region of the heart to be treated; arranging an injection device at a proximal end of the catheter in an area of a catheter tip for injecting a cell material in the heart; arranging an imaging sensor at the proximal end of the catheter in the area of the catheter tip; recording a real time image of the intervention by the image sensor; and monitoring an advance of the catheter and controlling a position of the injection device based on the real time image. - View Dependent Claims (31)
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