Patents Assigned to LUXCATH, LLC
  • Systems and methods for assessment of contact quality
    Patent number: 10143517
    Abstract: Ablation and visualization systems and methods to access quality of contact between a catheter and tissue are provided. In some embodiments, a method for monitoring tissue ablation of the present disclosure comprises advancing a distal tip of an ablation catheter to a tissue in need of ablation; illuminating the tissue with UV light to excite NADH in the tissue, wherein the tissue is illuminated in a radial direction, an axial direction, or both; determining from a level of NADH fluorescence in the illuminated tissue when the distal tip of the catheter is in contact with the tissue; and delivering ablation energy to the tissue to form a lesion in the tissue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: LuxCath, LLC
    Inventors: Terrance J. Ransbury, Kenneth C. Armstrong, Omar Amirana, Cinnamon Larson, James Bowen
  • Systems and methods for visualizing ablated tissue
    Patent number: 10076238
    Abstract: Systems and methods for visualizing ablated tissue are disclosed. In some embodiments, a system for imaging tissue comprising: a catheter having a distal end and a proximal end; an inflatable balloon disposed about the distal end of the catheter; and an optical housing extending from the distal end of the catheter into the balloon, the optical housing being configured to position inside the balloon a light source for illuminating a tissue outside the balloon and a camera for imaging the illuminated tissue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2018
    Assignees: The George Washington University, LuxCath, LLC
    Inventors: Omar Amirana, Kenneth C. Armstrong, Matthew W. Kay, Marco A. Mercader, Terrance J. Ransbury, Narine Sarvazyan
  • Systems and methods for visualizing ablated tissue
    Patent number: 9084611
    Abstract: Systems and methods for visualizing ablated tissue are disclosed. In some embodiments, a system for imaging tissue comprising: a catheter having a distal end and a proximal end; an inflatable balloon disposed about the distal end of the catheter; and an optical housing extending from the distal end of the catheter into the balloon, the optical housing being configured to position inside the balloon a light source for illuminating a tissue outside the balloon and a camera for imaging the illuminated tissue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2015
    Assignees: The George Washington University, LuxCath, LLC
    Inventors: Omar Amirana, Kenneth C. Armstrong, Matthew W. Kay, Marco A. Mercader, Terrance J. Ransbury, Narine Sarvazyan
  • Systems and Methods for Visualizing Ablated Tissue
    Publication number: 20130079645
    Abstract: Systems and methods for visualizing ablated tissue are disclosed. In some embodiments, a system for imaging tissue comprising: a catheter having a distal end and a proximal end; an inflatable balloon disposed about the distal end of the catheter; and an optical housing extending from the distal end of the catheter into the balloon, the optical housing being configured to position inside the balloon a light source for illuminating a tissue outside the balloon and a camera for imaging the illuminated tissue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2012
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Applicants: LUXCATH, LLC, THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: The George Washington University, LuxCath, LLC