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Catheter device

US7539531B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Siemens Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

Estelle Camus · Erlangen, DE
Martin Kleen · Neunkirchen, DE
Thomas Redel · Baiersdorf, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 17, 2006
Grant date	May 26, 2009
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 22, 2027

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61M2025/1052
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Catheter device for insertion into a vessel of a human or animal body, comprising a guide catheter and, incorporated in same, an OCT catheter with an OCT imaging device, the guide catheter having a balloon inflatable via a supply line for occluding the vessel, as well as a device for delivering a liquid or gas to the vascular region to be recorded by means of the OCT imaging device, in particular the vascular region located distally to the balloon, wherein there is provided on the guide catheter a second inflatable balloon spaced apart from the first balloon for occluding the vessel, wherein the section of the guide catheter between the two balloons is transparent, at least in sections, to the OCT radiation emittable by the OCT imaging device disposed inside the guide catheter.

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