Abstract: A system for controlling a hemostasis valve includes a hemostasis valve having a body portion having a proximal end, a distal end and a lumen extending between the proximal end and the distal end. The hemostasis value further includes at least one valve positioned in the proximal end of the body portion and an engagement member operatively coupled to the at least one valve. The system further includes a first drive member coupled to the engagement member and a controller coupled to the first drive member. The controller is configured to control the first drive member to impart movement to the engagement member to open and close the at least one valve.

Abstract: Systems and methods include positioning of a catheter lumen in a first position with respect to a thrombus, the catheter lumen defined by a catheter, initiating of evacuation of a tubing lumen, where the tubing lumen is not in fluid communication with the catheter lumen, determination that a pressure within the tubing lumen is equal to or less than a target aspiration pressure, and, in response to the determination that the pressure within the tubing lumen is equal to or less than a target aspiration pressure, automatic establishment of fluid communication between the tubing lumen and the catheter lumen.

Abstract: A catheter procedure system includes a bedside system having a guide wire, a guide wire advance/retract actuator coupled to the guide wire and a guide wire rotate actuator coupled to the guide wire and a workstation coupled to the bedside system. The workstation includes a user interface, at least one display and a controller coupled to the bedside system, the user interface and the at least one display. The controller is programmed to advance the guide wire through a path using the guide wire advance/retract actuator, wherein the guide wire is rotated a predetermined amount.

Abstract: A method for delivering an elongated medical device along a path to a target location using a catheter procedure system includes generating a mask of the path, tracking a position of a distal portion of the elongated medical device based on a set of real-time images and determining a remaining path length based at least on the position of the distal portion of the elongated medical device. The remaining path length is a distance between the distal portion of the elongated medical device and the target location. The remaining path length decreases as the distal portion of the elongated medical device approaches the target location.

Abstract: A system for controlling a catheter-based procedure system that includes a robotic drive configured to control rotational motion and axial motion of one or more elongated medical devices may include a body, a first control coupled to the body, and a second control coupled to the body. First control is configured to instruct the robotic drive to axially move one of the one or more elongated medical devices in response to manipulation of the first control by a user, and the second control is configured to instruct the robotic drive to rotate one of the one or more elongated medical devices in response to manipulation of the second control by the user, wherein the first control and the second control are positioned on the body so the first control and the second control can be simultaneously manipulated by a first digit and a second digit on a hand of the user.

Abstract: A system comprises an EMD and coupled to a robotic drive. The EMD includes an external member defining a lumen and an internal member disposed in the lumen and coupled to a distal portion of the external member, and a linearly and rotationally-actuatable element coupled to the external member. The robotic drive includes a plurality of device modules, each of the plurality of device modules being independently linearly movable by the robotic drive, a first cassette coupled to a first one of the plurality of device modules and to the linearly and rotationally-actuatable element of the external member, and a second cassette coupled to a second one of the plurality of device modules and to the internal member.

Abstract: A robotic catheter system including a first drive mechanism configured to interact with an elongated medical device to cause the elongated medical device to move along its longitudinal axis. A controller provides a signal to a motor to move the first wiping surface toward the longitudinal axis when the elongated device is being withdrawn from a patient.

Abstract: A robotic drive system for a catheter-based procedure system includes a positioning system coupled to a patient table, the patient table having a front side and a rear side. The rear side of the patient table has a rail. The robotic drive system further includes a linear member coupled to the positioning system at a connection point and at least three device modules coupled to the linear member. Each device module is independently controllable and includes a drive module having a front side and a cassette mounted on the drive module. The cassette has a front side and is configured to support an elongated medical device having a longitudinal device axis. The cassette is mounted on the drive module in a vertical orientation so that the front side of the cassette is parallel to the front side of the drive.

Abstract: A cassette for use in a robotic drive of a catheter-based procedure system includes a housing comprising a cradle configured to receive an elongated medical device having a longitudinal device axis, a connection mechanism coupled to the housing at a position below the longitudinal device axis, and a cover pivotably coupled to the housing using the connection mechanism.

Abstract: An introducer assembly for introducing a catheter into a patient, includes a sheath having a distal end and a proximal end with a hollow lumen extending between the distal end and proximal end. The assembly also includes a coupler having a distal end operatively coupled to the proximal end of the sheath, the coupler having an internal passage in fluid communication with the hollow lumen. The assembly further includes a connector having a distal end operatively coupled to the coupler proximate the distal end of the coupler.

Abstract: A robotic catheter system includes a base and a robotic mechanism having a longitudinal axis and being movable relative to the base along the longitudinal axis. A flexible track is releasably secured to the base and includes an outer surface having a longitudinal opening slit extending therethrough to an inner channel. A rigid guide has a non-linear portion fixed relative to the robotic mechanism. A portion of the flexible track moves along the non-linear portion of the rigid guide away from the longitudinal axis when the robotic mechanism moves along the longitudinal axis.

Abstract: A robotic catheter system including a first drive mechanism configured to interact with an elongated medical device to cause the elongated medical device to move along its longitudinal axis. A controller provides a signal to a motor to move the first wiping surface toward the longitudinal axis when the elongated device is being withdrawn from a patient.

Abstract: An introducer assembly for introducing a catheter into a patient, includes a sheath having a distal end and a proximal end with a hollow lumen extending between the distal end and proximal end. The assembly also includes a coupler having a distal end operatively coupled to the proximal end of the sheath, the coupler having an internal passage in fluid communication with the hollow lumen. The assembly further includes a connector having a distal end operatively coupled to the coupler proximate the distal end of the coupler.

Abstract: A system and method include operation of a device coupled to a base to hold a catheter to the base, the catheter defining a lumen in which a portion of an elongated medical device is disposed, and a portion of the catheter being disposed in a hemostasis valve, movement of the base relative to the hemostasis valve along a first path while the catheter is held to the base such that the catheter moves relative to the hemostasis valve, and operation of a mechanism coupled to the base to maintain a position of the elongated medical device within the lumen relative to the hemostasis valve while the base and the mechanism are moved along the first path and the catheter is held to the base.

Abstract: A method for navigating a guide wire during a catheter procedure, the method includes changing the direction of a distal portion of the guide wire to advance past a junction in a desired path by rotating a proximal end of the guide wire a predetermined amount while the guide wire is being retracted to a point before the junction and then advancing the distal end of the guide wire past the junction through the desired path.

Abstract: An apparatus includes a hemostasis valve; a base having a clamp releasably coupling a catheter to the base; a base drive member moving the base relative to the hemostasis valve along a first path; and a mechanism maintaining the position of an elongated medical device relative to the hemostasis valve while the catheter is being moved along the first path.

Abstract: A drive assembly for a catheter procedure includes a body configured to receive a percutaneous device where the body has a first end and a second end. A distal pinch is configured to releasably engage the percutaneous device. A proximal pinch is positioned on the first end of the body and is configured to releasably engage the percutaneous device. A linear drive mechanism is coupled to the body and configured to move the body to cause linear movement of the percutaneous device in a first direction while the proximal pinch is disengaged from the percutaneous device and the distal pinch is engaged with the percutaneous device.

Abstract: A system includes a robotic drive comprising a plurality of cassettes, each cassette to move an elongated medical device (EMD) loaded therein, and an input module to issue instructions to the robotic drive. The input module includes a first two or more selection buttons to select a first two or more EMDs loaded in respective ones of the plurality of cassettes, a first control actuatable to cause issuance of an instruction to the robotic drive to simultaneously move each of the first two or more EMDs linearly, and a second control actuatable to cause issuance of an instruction to the robotic drive to simultaneously rotate each of the first two or more EMDs.

Abstract: A drive assembly for a catheter procedure includes a body configured to receive a percutaneous device where the body has a first end and a second end. A distal pinch is configured to releasably engage the percutaneous device. A proximal pinch is positioned on the first end of the body and is configured to releasably engage the percutaneous device. A linear drive mechanism is coupled to the body and configured to move the body and the proximal pinch between a first position and a second position to cause linear movement of the percutaneous device along a longitudinal axis of the percutaneous device. A rotational drive mechanism is coupled to the second end of the body and is configured to rotate the body and the proximal pinch to cause the percutaneous device to rotate about the longitudinal axis of the percutaneous device.

Abstract: An example data capture system generates profile using captured parameters from a reference operator. The data capture system includes a user interface to receive inputs from a reference operator for operation of one or more elongated medical devices (EMDs); a sensor system to capture parameters associated with the inputs from the reference operator; and a processing unit to generate at least one profile using the captured parameters, the profile being associated with a characteristic of the reference operator.