Rectal Balloon Apparatus with Pressure Relieving Lumen and Sensors

• US 20100145379A1
• Filed: 02/17/2010
• Published: 06/10/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 01/16/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: AngioDynamics, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Radiadyne LLC (AngioDynamics, Inc.)
• Inventors: Isham, John
• Granted Patent: US 8,500,771 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 606/192
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2017/00039 Electric or electromagnetic phenomena other than conductivity, e.g. capacity, inductivity, Hall effect
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2017/00274 Prostate operation, e.g. prostatectomy, turp, bhp treatment
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2017/22069 Immobilising; Stabilising
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2018/00547 Prostate
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/11 Measuring movement of the entire body or parts thereof, e.g. head or hand tremor, mobility of a limb for measuring pulse A61B5/02 ;A61B5/1038 takes precedence; motion detection to correct for motion artifacts in physiological signals A61B5/721
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/411 Detecting or monitoring allergy or intolerance reactions to an allergenic agent or substance
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 90/39 Markers, e.g. radio-opaque or breast lesions markers
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 29/02 Dilators made of swellable material balloon catheters for angioplasty A61M25/104
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 2005/1097 Means for immobilizing the patient
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 5/10 X-ray therapy; Gamma-ray therapy; Particle-irradiation therapy A61N5/01 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G01T 1/00 Measuring X-radiation, gamma radiation, corpuscular radiation, or cosmic radiation G01T3/00, G01T5/00 take precedence

Abstract

A rectal balloon apparatus comprises a shaft having a fluid passageway extending therethrough. A rectal gas relieving lumen may be positioned with the shaft for removal of rectal gas. A motion detecting sensor and a radiation detecting sensor may be positioned with the balloon, the shaft, and/or the rectal gas release lumen.

Claims

1. A rectal balloon apparatus comprising:

a shaft having a fluid passageway extending therethrough;

a balloon affixed over an end of said shaft such that said fluid passageway communicates with an interior of said balloon, said balloon movable between an uninflated condition and an inflated condition;

a lumen disposed with said shaft so as to have an end opening at or beyond an end of said balloon for the movement of rectal fluid; and

a radiation detecting sensor positioned with said rectal balloon apparatus.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said lumen positioned with a surface of said shaft.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said lumen integral with said shaft.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, said radiation detecting sensor positioned with a surface of said balloon.

5. The apparatus of claim 1, said radiation detecting sensor positioned with a surface of said shaft.

6. The apparatus of claim 1, said radiation detecting sensor positioned with a surface of said lumen.

7. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a motion detecting sensor positioned with said rectal balloon apparatus for determining the movement of said radiation sensor.

8. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a motion detecting sensor positioned with said rectal balloon apparatus for determining the movement of said balloon surface.

9. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said radiation detecting sensor being a semiconductor type sensor.

10. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said radiation detecting sensor being a scintillating fiber optics type sensor.

11. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a flexible lumen tip with at least one port disposed with said lumen opening.

12. The apparatus of claim 11, further comprising a fiducial marker disposed with said lumen tip.

13. A rectal balloon apparatus comprising:

a shaft having a fluid passageway extending therethrough;

a balloon affixed over an end of said shaft such that said fluid passageway communicates with an interior of said balloon, said balloon movable between a non-inflated condition and an inflated condition;

a lumen disposed with said shaft so as to have an end opening at or beyond an end of said balloon; and

a motion detecting sensor positioned with said rectal balloon apparatus.

14. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein said lumen integral with said shaft.

15. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein said lumen positioned with a surface of said shaft.

16. The apparatus of claim 13, further comprising a radiation detecting sensor positioned with a surface of said balloon.

17. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein said motion detecting sensor for determining the movement of said radiation sensor.

18. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein said motion detecting sensor for determining the movement of said balloon surface.

19. A rectal balloon apparatus comprising:

a shaft having a fluid passageway extending therethrough;

a balloon affixed over an end of said shaft such that said fluid passageway communicates with an interior of said balloon, said balloon movable between a non-inflated condition and an inflated condition;

a lumen disposed with said shaft so as to have an end opening at or beyond an end of said balloon for the movement of rectal fluid;

a radiation detecting sensor positioned with said rectal balloon apparatus; and

a motion detecting sensor positioned with said rectal balloon apparatus.

20. The apparatus of claim 19, further comprising a flexible lumen tip with at least one port disposed with said lumen opening and a fiducial marker disposed with said lumen tip.