Apparatus for identifying and manipulating a blood vessel, and corresponding method

US11510616B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Fresenius Medical Care Deutschland GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Pascal Kopperschmidt · Dittelbrunn, DE
• Pia Daniel · Stockach, DE
• Reiner Spickermann · Hammelburg, DE
• Otto Arkossy · Budapest, HU
• Cacilia Scholz · Schwalbach, DE
• Kai-Uwe Ritter · Eremitage, DE
• Elke Schulte · Schweinfurt, DE
• Christopher Hauke · Gustavsburg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 29, 2018
• Grant date: Nov 29, 2022
• Expiry date: Aug 9, 2039

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61M2205/36
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

The invention relates to a detection apparatus and a method for detecting and manipulating a blood vessel under the skin of part of the body of a patient, which comprises a treatment chamber for accommodating the body part, a data processing control device, a vascular structure measuring device for detecting the position and/or dimensions of vascular structure data of the blood vessel in the treatment chamber by measurement, a vascular manipulation device for changing the position and/or dimension of the blood vessel, wherein the control device is designed to control the vascular manipulation device as a function of the vascular structure data.