Device for use in temporary insertion of a sensor within a patient's body
US6231514A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 22, 1999 |
| Grant date | May 15, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 22, 2019 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61M2025/0166
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A device for use in placing a non-sterile sensor probe (70, 154, 180, 206, 208) such as an ultrasound scanning transducer in a desired position within a patient's body (12), with a probe-receiving tube (36, 92, 143, 139, 152, 201, 203, 205) having a closed distal end (38, 95, 212, 220, 222) so that a probe inserted within the tube through an open proximal end (49, 97) located outside the patient's body is isolated from contact with or contamination of the interior of the patient's body. The probe-receiving tube is attached to and extends alongside an elongate support member (18, 82, 130, 134, 138, 142, 200, 202, 204) which aids in placement of the probe-receiving tube in a location proximate an organ to be observed by use of a sensor probe in the probe-receiving tube. The elongate support member may be a chest drain tube. Further, the device may have one or more of the following features: integrated fastening mechanisms (66, 132, 136, 140) suitable to anchor the device within the patient's body; an attached sterile sensor (141) that may be attached directly to an interior blood vessel (147); an attached pair of sterile temporary pacing wires (151a, 151b) that may be attached direct…
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