WALTERS, KENDALL R.,MOORE, THOMAS C.,ZELENKA, ROBERT,ZALESKY, PAUL
申请号:
EP10802685
公开号:
EP2456503A4
申请日:
2010.07.16
申请国别(地区):
EP
年份:
2013
代理人:
摘要:
An endoventricular injection catheter with integrated echocardiographic capability enables injections into heart tissue under visualization. The catheter includes an elongated body having a distal end and an imaging core arranged to be inserted into a heart. The imaging core is arranged to transmit ultrasonic energy and to receive reflected ultrasonic energy at the distal end to provide electrical signals representing echocardiographic images to enable cardiac visualization. The catheter further includes an injector carried on the elongated body with the imaging core. The injector is arranged to inject a therapeutic agent into tissue of the heart visualized by the imaging core.