Endovascular apparatus

US11660104B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• VERSONO MEDICAL LIMITED · IE

Inventors

• Finbar Dolan · Mullingar, IE
• Hugh O'Donoghue · Galway, IE
• Ivan Mooney · Tuam, IE
• Pat Connolly · Burnsville, US
• Jim SMEDLEY · Galway, IE
• Brian Tarpey · Galway, IE

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 6, 2020
• Grant date: May 30, 2023
• Expiry date: Nov 6, 2040

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61B2217/007
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

An endovascular apparatus for crossing through an obstruction in a blood vessel comprises: an elongate endovascular element such as a wire; an ultrasonic transducer, mechanically coupled to the endovascular element for ultrasonically exciting a distal tip portion thereof to facilitate the crossing through the obstruction, and one or more damping features, mechanically coupled to the endovascular element to attenuate lateral displacement of the endovascular element at positions away from the distal tip portion.