Joseph Karratt;James R. Flom;Bradley Blackwood;Bernard Andreas
发明人:
Bernard Andreas,Joseph Karratt,James R. Flom,Bradley Blackwood
申请号:
US11953242
公开号:
US08585747B2
申请日:
2007.12.10
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2013
代理人:
摘要:
Devices and methods are provided for controlling and indicating the deployed length of an interventional element on an interventional catheter. The interventional element may be a stent or series of stents, a balloon, or any other interventional element for which length control is necessary or desirable. Devices for controlling the length of the interventional element include gear driven actuators, motors, and other mechanisms. Devices for indicating length of an interventional element to the user include sensors, detents, visual displays and other mechanisms providing visual, audible, and tangible indications of length to the user. The control and indication devices preferably work in tandem to enable highly precise adjustment of interventional element length.