INFUSION TREATMENT AGENTS, CATHETERS, FILTER DEVICES, AND OCCLUSION DEVICES, AND USE THEREOF
Embodiments include an infusion-occlusion system having a delivery catheter, a guide catheter adapted to receive the delivery catheter, and a guidewire with an occlusion device adapted to be received within the guide catheter. The guide catheter of the catheter kit may be provided with an occlusion device at the distal end of the guide catheter. The delivery catheter may have an accessory lumen, coaxial or co-linear lumen, a supporting mandrel, or an occlusion device at its distal end. Moreover, according to some embodiments, occlusion devices may be a single material or a composite balloon having an inner liner and an outer layer of different materials, a high compliance low pressure balloon, or a filter device that restricts particles from passing through but does not restrict fluid, such as blood. An inflation device with a large volume and low volume syringe can be used to inflate the balloon.
This application is a Divisional application of copending application Ser. No. 10/800,323, which is a Continuation-in-Part of co-pending application Ser. No. 60/467,402, filed May 1, 2003, entitled “Multiple Occlusion Device”; and is a Continuation-in-Part of copending application Ser. No. 10/387,048, filed Mar. 12, 2003, entitled “Multiple Occlusion Device”; and claims the priority benefit thereof.
BACKGROUNDLocal treatment with a substance such as a drug at a particular internal site of a patient, as opposed to systemic treatment, has become increasingly important.
Such local access is useful not only for substance delivery but for other treatments, such as myocardial revascularization, as well. Myocardial revascularization forms “holes” in ischemic ventricular tissue to increase blood flow to the treated area.
For example, to achieve local treatment of tissue, physicians can use catheters and occlusion devices. Specifically, cardiovascular guide catheters are generally percutaneous devices that the physician advances through a vasculature of a patient to a treatment region and are uses to guide other catheters or devices to the region. Delivery catheters generally deliver a treatment agent to a treatment region in a patient's vasculature and typically are inserted through another catheter (e.g., a guide catheter). Additionally, occlusion devices, such as balloons, may connect to a delivery catheter to occlude a treatment region in the vasculature. Guidewires are generally devices that guide through the vasculature to a treatment region and typically can be inserted through another catheter (e.g., an introducer).
SUMMARYIn various embodiments, there is disclosed an infusion-occlusion system for infusing a treatment agent to a treatment region of an artery or vein (including a blood vessel of the human heart) that includes a delivery catheter, a guide catheter adapted to receive the delivery catheter, a pressure increasing device adapted to be connected to the delivery catheter, a pressure-sensing device adapted to be connected to the delivery catheter, an inflation device adapted to be connected to the delivery catheter, and a guidewire with an occlusion device adapted to be received within the guide catheter. In another embodiment, the guide catheter of the catheter kit is provided with an occlusion device at the distal end of the guide catheter. In another embodiment, the delivery catheter of the catheter kit is provided with an occlusion device at the distal end of the delivery catheter.
Examples of occlusion devices include balloons of a material and dimension to have an outer diameter that inflated to selected diameters when the balloon is inflated with a selected inflation pressure or volume of gas or fluid. The balloon may be inflated by an inflation device having a high volume, low pressure syringe for initially inflating the balloon to a controlled low pressure initial diameter and having a low volume syringe for further inflating the balloon with a controlled volume increment(s) to produce controlled diameter increase(s) up the an occlusion diameter. Moreover, an occlusion device may be a composite balloon having an inner liner and an outer layer of different materials, a high compliance low pressure balloon, or a filter device that restricts particles from passing through but does not restrict fluid, such as blood. Also, according to some embodiments, occlusion devices may include various types of balloons, such as a high compliance low pressure balloons having a thermoplastic blend copolymer material with a polyether block amide resin moiety or a polyetheramide moiety. Likewise, according to some embodiments, occlusion devices may include various types of high-compliance low-tension balloons, such as a composite or multi-layer expanded PolyTetraFlouroEthylene (ePTFE) balloon having an inner liner.
For instance, according to some embodiments, a catheter, such as a guide catheter, may include a coronary sinus access guide with a collection cage or filter device, to filter unwanted particles or material from blood. Also, a delivery catheter may be a catheter that has a support mandrel extending therethrough or may have lumen or tubes in a coaxial or co-linear orientation with the longitudinal axis of the catheter.
In another embodiment, there is disclosed a method of providing treatment in a vessel of a patient that includes placing a guide catheter in the vessel of the patient, feeding a delivery catheter through the guide catheter, where the delivery catheter is provided with an occlusion device at its distal end, feeding at least one guidewire with an occlusion device through the guide catheter or the delivery catheter, deploying the occlusion device(s) of the guidewire(s), deploying the occlusion device at the delivery end of the delivery catheter, administering a treatment agent through the delivery catheter, disengaging all the occlusion devices, and removing the guidewire(s), the delivery catheter, and the guide catheter from the vessel of the patient. In another embodiment, the method further provides for aspirating the vessel of the patient before disengaging all of the occlusion devices. Also described is are methods including occluding a blood vessel, infusing treatment agent, such as progenitor cells (such as progenitor cells derived from bone marrow), to treat a treatment region of the blood vessel for a first time period, then allowing blood or treatment agent perfusion or flow to the treatment region for a second period of time, and repeating infusing and perfusion as necessary to accomplish sufficient treatment.
Specific examples of apparatus to allow for blood or treatment agent perfusion or flow to the treatment region include occlusion balloons that can be deflated and inflated to selected outer diameter, catheters having perfusion lumen that bypass and exit holes in the catheter on either end of the occlusion device, and catheters having guidewire lumen with exit holes through the catheter proximal to the occlusion device and an exit port at the distal end of the catheter. Additional features, embodiments, and benefits will be evident in view of the figures and detailed description presented herein.
Referring first to
Referring to
Referring now to
System 300 includes guide catheter 302 having a lumen 304. Guide catheter 302 includes distal portion 306 having occlusion balloon 308 about distal portion 306. Delivery catheter 310 is shown disposed through lumen 304 of guide catheter 302. Delivery catheter 310 has distal end 312. Balloon 314 attaches at distal end 312. Notch 316 is located at distal end 312 and guidewire opening 318 opens into lumen 313 of delivery catheter 310 and is provided distally adjacent notch 316. Guidewire 320 is disposed through notch 316 and lumen 313 within delivery catheter 310 and out guidewire opening 318 of delivery catheter 310. Guidewire 320 includes distal end 322 and occlusion device 324. Occlusion device 324 may be an occlusion balloon attached to the exterior surface of guidewire 320 at or adjacent distal end 322 by adhesive, heat bonding, laser bonding, or shrink wrap bonding. Also shown disposed through guide catheter lumen 304 is guidewire 330. Guidewire 330 includes distal end 332 and occlusion device 334. Also note that occlusion device 334 may be an occlusion balloon attached to the exterior surface of guidewire 330 at or adjacent distal end 332 by adhesive, heat bonding, laser bonding, or shrink-wrap bonding. In this embodiment, guidwire 330 is shown disposed through guide catheter 302 (e.g., from a proximal end to a distal end of the guide catheter) but is not engaged by delivery catheter 310.
Proximal portion 305 of system 300 may reside outside the body of a patient while the remainder of system 300 is percutaneously introduced into patient's vasculature through a blood vessel. As shown in
For example, in various embodiments, hub 351 may have at least the following functions: guidewire movement and control, guide catheter movement and control, delivery catheter movement and control, occlusion device expansion and retraction, balloon inflation and deflation, treatment agent delivery, and aspiration of fluid or particles from a treatment region of a blood vessel. With reference to
According to various embodiments, the components of system 300, such as guide catheter 302, delivery catheter 310, balloon 308, balloon 314, occlusion devices 324 and 334, hub 351, strained relief 370, catheter holder 373, medial section 390, and other cannula or tubes surrounding lumens may be made of a material including materials described herein for such components, as well as materials described herein for balloons. For example, the components of system 300 may include a polycarbonate or acrylonitrile bubadiene styrene (ABS); a biocompatible polymer such as a polyether block amide resin; a biocompatible polymer blend of polyurethane and silicone a polymer having a structure of a regular linear chain of rigid polyamide segments interspaced with flexible polyether segments, a styrenic block copolymer (SBC), or a blend of SBC's; a thermoplastic blend copolymer material having one of a polyether block amide resin moiety and a polyetheramide moiety; a styrene isoprene styrene (SIS), a styrene butadiene styrene (SBS), a styrene ethylene butylene styrene (SEBS), a polyetherurethane, an ethyl propylene, a ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA), an ethylene methacrylic acid, an ethylene methyl acrylate, and an ethylene methyl acrylate acrylic acid; a material from a material family of one of styrenic block copolymers and polyurethanes; a nylon material; a melt processible polymer; or a low durometer material. It is also contemplated that other components of system, apparatus, or devices described herein, such as other catheters, cannulas, balloons, filter devices, occlusion devices, tubes (e.g., such as lumen 989, lumen surrounding material, lumen sleeves, lumen cannula or lumen tubes, such as described below with respect to infusion lumen 9520 or accessory lumen 9530 of
In use, system 300 may be referred to as a “rapid transfer type system” designed to have the distal end of guide catheter 302 advanced percutaneously to a desired first location in a blood vessel where balloon 308 may be inflated to occlude the blood vessel or to fix the distal end of guide catheter 302 at the first location. Note that balloon 308 may be inflated later on in the use of system 300, such as after delivery catheter 310 is advanced as described below. Next, guidewire 320 may be advanced percutaneously to a desired second location in the same or a different blood vessel so that the distal end 312 of delivery catheter 310 can be advanced or tracked over guidewire 320 by feeding lumen 131 over guidewire 320. Then, balloon 314 may be inflated to occlude the blood vessel or to fix the distal end of delivery catheter 310 at or adjacent to the second location. It is also contemplated that guidewire 330 may be advanced through a blood vessel and to a third location. Occlusion devices 324 or 334 may be expanded to occlude blood vessels, such as at those locations, to define a distal end of a treatment region or treatment area. The treatment agent infuses into the blood vessel from treatment agent delivery lumen 319 of delivery lumen 310 (e.g., where the region of interest, treatment agent, and infusion of treatment agent from the delivery catheter are in accordance with corresponding descriptions herein).
For instance, in one example, guide catheter 302 may be fed and maneuvered as described above into blood vessels of a person's heart. More particularly,
Embodiments also include system 300 having a filter device instead of balloon 308. For instance, the system and process described above for
Referring now to
In various embodiments, proximal end 504 includes guide catheter opening 514 and balloon inflation cannula 512. Also valve device 516, with selector mechanism 518. Guide catheter 502 may have an opening extending from lumen 508 at distal end 506 to guide catheter opening 514 at proximal end 504. Thus, in embodiments implementing valve device 516, selector mechanism 518 may be disengaged to allow the opening extending from lumen 508 to guide catheter opening 514 to remain open. Alternatively selector mechanism 518 may be engaged, such as by turning, to cause valve device 516 to close the opening between lumen 508 and guide catheter opening 514 at valve device 516 and instead direct any fluid flowing through the opening and toward guide catheter opening 514 through nozzle 520 and out of valve device 516. In some embodiments, the fluid flows such as into collecting reservoir 524, which in some embodiments connected to nozzle 520 such as by a hose connected to nozzle 520. Thus, selector mechanism 518 is engaged, for example, to aspirate fluid such as blood or particles such (e.g., see hole 988 of
According to various embodiments, guide catheter 502 may be an appropriate length for reaching a treatment region of a subject during a medical procedure, such as by having a length of between three inches and five feet. Also, guide catheter 502, balloon 510, and balloon inflation cannula 512 may be formed of materials similar to those for forming components of system 300. Moreover, balloon inflation cannula 512 may include one or more of a synthetic or natural latex or rubber, such as a polymer material; a polyetheramide; a plasticiser free thermoplastic elastomer; a thermoplastic blend; a block copolymer of polyether and polyester (e.g., such as a polyester sold under the trademark Hytrel® of DUPONT COMPANY); a biocompatible polymer such as a polyether block amide resin (e.g., for instance, PEBAX® of ATOCHEM CORPORATION); a polycarbonate or acrylonitrile bubadiene styrene (ABS); a biocompatible polymer such as a polyether block amide resin; a styrene isoprene styrene (SIS), a styrene butadiene styrene (SBS), a styrene ethylene butylene styrene (SEBS), a polyetherurethane, an ethyl propylene, an ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA), an ethylene methacrylic acid, an ethylene methyl acrylate, an ethylene methyl acrylate acrylic acid, a material from a material family of one of styrenic block copolymers and polyurethanes, a melt processible polymer, a low durometer material, and nylon. Likewise, balloon 510 may be attached to guide catheter 502 by processes described herein for attaching a balloon to a catheter, including by laser, adhesive, shrink tube bonding, and heat bonding.
In other embodiments, proximal end 504 of guide catheter 502 is provided with flap 519 instead of valve device 516. Flap 519 is, for example, a material similar to a material for inflation cannula 512 (e.g., such as materials described above with respect to components of system 300, or a synthetic or natural latex or rubber, or other materials that can block fluid flow). Flap 519 has a suitable dimensions to block off and occlude lumen 508, such as to prohibit blood or treatment agent from flowing past flap 519. Thus, flap 519 serves to close guide catheter opening 514 when there are no devices disposed in or through guide catheter 502 such as a device or cannula holding flap 519 open. For instance, flap 519 may be attached to the inside of catheter 502 along lumen 508, at one or more locations, by one or more of a hinge, a pin, an anchor, laser bonding, adhesive bonding, and heat bonding. Thus, when the device, catheter, or cannula (not shown) is inserted into guide catheter opening 514, the device or cannula pushes flap 519 opens with some degree of force, such as by forcing flap 519 from close position CL to open position OP, as shown in
In other embodiments, proximal end 504 of guide catheter 502 includes sealing cap 530 adapted to seal guide catheter opening 514 instead of valve device 516 or flap 519. Sealing cap 530 serves to seal guide catheter opening 514 such as by having threads that engage other threads at the proximal end of guide catheter 502, or by having a recess for engaging a lip at the proximal end of guide catheter 502. Thus sealing cap 530 may be used to seal off proximal end of guide catheter 502 when attached thereto, and may be removed from proximal end of guide catheter 502 such as to aspirate a treatment region of a vessel as described above with respect to valve device 516. More particularly, cap 530 may be attached to guide catheter 502 until such time as it is desired to aspirate a vessel distal to balloon 510 (e.g., such as after the balloon is inflated and before deflating the balloon). At that time, cap 530 can be removed, and liquid from the vessel can flow from lumen 508 through guide catheter 502 out guide catheter opening 514 and into collection receptacle 532.
Furthermore, according to some embodiments, catheters, such as a guide catheter, include a filter device capable of filtering certain particles from passing through the catheter but not restricting fluid flow. For instance, a coronary sinus access guide or catheter may have a collection cage or filter device to filter unwanted particles or material from blood. For example,
Filter device 720 also has distal portion 724 having a first diameter D1 under a first set of conditions. For example, a first set of conditions may include filter device 720 being restrained (e.g., to less than an inner diameter of a blood vessel into which it will be placed) by sheath 790, or restricted by a retraction or contraction pressure, such as a pressure resulting from a deflated balloon, tendon, or self-contracting filter device.
Thus, as shown in
Moreover, sheath 790 may be retracted in a proximal direction (e.g., direction 784) so that sheath end 794 is pulled back beyond distal portion 724 allowing first diameter D1 to expand beyond a diameter of the sheath DS. Similarly, according to some embodiments, pull wire 792 (e.g., such as a wire disposed within sheath 790 extending from distal end 714 to a proximate end of sheath 790 external to the body of a subject) may be pulled or removed, such as by being pulled in direction 784, to form a seam in sheath 790 (e.g., such as where pull wire 792 was before removal) so that sheath 790 may be entirely or partially removed from encasing cannula 710 or filter device 720. More particularly, filter device 720 may have a property such that first diameter D1 of distal portion 724 can be transformed, enlarged, or expanded to a second diameter under a second set of conditions. Consequently, first diameter D1 can be transformed to become a second diameter, such as in response to expansion pressures 730 and 732 applied to generally conical-shaped inner surface 737.
In various embodiments, distal portion 724 has a different second diameter under a second set of conditions, where the second diameter approximates an inner diameter of a blood vessel. For example,
Note that treatment region 996 may be a treatment region proximate to where distal portion 724 contacts blood vessel 990, and optionally included the region contained in blood vessel 990 distal to filter device 720 and containing distal end 714. For example, second diameter D2 may be a diameter approximately equal to the diameter of a blood vessel at a region or point of interest, a diameter slightly less than that of a blood vessel at a point or treatment region, or a diameter slightly greater than that of a diameter of a blood vessel at a point or treatment region. More particularly, second diameter D2 may be greater than the diameter of blood vessel 990 at a point or treatment region, such as by being in a range of between 0% and 25% larger, such as by being 3% larger, 5% larger, 10% larger, or 15% larger in diameter.
Specifically, filter device 720 may have a property such that first diameter D1 can be transformed to become second diameter D2 in response to expansion pressures having a total of between approximately two atmospheres in pressure and six atmospheres in pressure applied to generally conical-shaped inner surface 737 (e.g., such as caused by pressures 730 and 732) to cause surface 737 to expand to second generally conical-shaped inner surface 937. According to some embodiments, expansion pressures 730 and 732 may be the result of, applied by, or caused by, a fluid flow in direction 784. For example, expansion pressures 730 and 732 may be applied by a flow of blood 986 in direction 784 having a pressure greater than 2.0 millimeters of Mercury (mmHg) in pressure to cause distal portion 724 to expand in directions 786 and 788.
Also, according to some embodiments, filter device 720 includes self-expanding materials (e.g., such as shape memory alloys, including for example, Nickel-Titanium) or other materials that have shape memory where the memorized shape is the expanded shape. To modify the shape (e.g., to restrict the shape) a sheath may be placed over filter device 720. Removing the restriction will allow the shape memory material to return to its memorized shape (e.g., an expanded shape). Specifically, for example, filter device 720 may include a self-expanding frame portion to provide the second set of conditions under which distal portion 724 has second diameter D2.
Furthermore, according to some embodiments, filter device 720 may have a property, such as including a material, such that under the second condition (e.g., the condition described above wherein second diameter D2 approximates an inner diameter of a blood vessel) filter device 720 will restrain from flowing through filter device 720 plurality of particles 980 having a particle size greater than an average particle size of blood cells 982. More specifically, for example, as shown in
Consequently, according to some embodiments, filter device 720 may include a material, such as material 930 having or pierced by a plurality of openings, such as openings 931 and 932, having a dimension suitable to allow a fluid, such as blood, to pass therethrough. More particularly, openings 931 and 932 may have a dimension suitable to allow a fluid including blood cells 982 to flow through the openings and having a dimension suitable to restrain particles 980 having a particle size greater than an average particle size of blood cells. For example, openings 931 and 932 may have a diameter of between 10 micrometers and 100 micrometers in diameter. Thus, openings 931 and 932 may act like a trap, a sieve, or a strainer of particles to restrain particles 980. Moreover, according to some embodiments, particles, materials, and matter restrained by filter device 720 may be restrained such as by causing the particles, material, or matter to bond to or be coupled to filter device 720, to rest against filter device 720, or to be restrained within the area of blood vessel 990 distal to filter device 720, such as the area including distal end 714. It is contemplated that material 930 may include various suitable materials such as natural or synthetic material, plastic, stainless steel, PEBAX 91 (a biocompatible polymer such as a polyether block amide resin, sold under the trademark PEBAX® of ATOCHEM CORPORATION, PUTEAUX, FRANCE), embolic protection material, or various other appropriate filtration materials.
Material 930 may be connected or attached to a frame portion, such as by laser bonding, adhesive bonding, thermal bonding, mechanical restriction (e.g., such as if material 930 is woven or sewn through structure or portions of the frame, such as a structure having space between pieces of the structure or holes in the frame), or various other appropriate attachment methods.
For example, filter device 720 may include a frame portion defined by proximal portion 722 and distal portion 724. According to some embodiments, an inner diameter of the frame portion may be attached to an outer surface of cannula 710, at proximal portion 722 such as by laser bonding, adhesive bonding, thermal bonding, mechanical bonding (e.g., such as is described above for attaching material 930 to the frame portion), or various other techniques of bonding sufficient to preclude all or a portion of the inner diameter of filter device 720 from becoming separated from the outer surface of cannula 710. For example, a sufficient attachment would preclude a portion or all of an inner diameter of filter device 720 from becoming detached from the outer surface of cannula 710 during expansion or retraction of distal portion 724, a first set of conditions, a second set of conditions, during restriction of a fluid flowing through filter device 720, or during aspiration of particles from treatment region 996, such as is described herein (e.g., see hole 988 of
It is contemplated that the frame portion may include one or more of a leaflet-shaped support, a helical-shaped support, a cone-shaped support, a spar-shaped support, a basket-shaped support, a ring-shaped support (e.g., to allow material 930 to form a “parachute” shape), or a combination thereof. More specifically, a frame portion may have a plurality of extending supports extending from proximal portion 722 to distal portion 724, such as a spar, a rod, a shaft, a dowel, a pull, a spine; and a plurality of cross supports disposed between the plurality of extending supports, such as a rib, a cross-link, and a cross-wrap wrapped around, over, or under the extending support. In addition, it is contemplated that filter device 720 or the frame portion of filter device 720 may include one or more of tubing, wires, ribs, ribbons, forged materials, extruded materials, cast materials, and deposited materials. For example,
Likewise, filter device 720 may include a material stretched on a frame portion to form a generally conical-shaped inner surface. For example,
In addition,
Furthermore, according to some embodiments, distal portion 724 may have various cross sectional aspects or shape. Specifically, although distal portion 724 is shown in
Once particles are restrained, such as with the filter devices restraining particles, material, and matter, according to various embodiments, filter device 720 may include a property to allow aspiration of the particles, material, and matter being restrained. Specifically, cannula 710 may include one or more holes, such as hole 988 through the exterior surface of cannula 710, as shown in
Distal portion 724 may be expanded from first diameter D1 (
Thus, for example, balloons 1132 and 1134 may be inflated with sufficient pressure to cause an expansion pressure as described with respect to
Consequently, balloons 1132 and 1134 may be inflated to have a volume greater than that shown in
Also, according to some embodiments, filter device 720 may include anchors proximate to distal portion 724 for engaging tissue, to anchor filter device 720, or cannula 710 to an inner diameter of a blood vessel. For instance,
For instance, filter device 720 may have a property such that second diameter 1120 can be transformed to become or constrict to approximately first diameter D10 in response to a retraction or contraction pressure such as shown by pressures 1140 and 1141 of
Therefore, for example, inflated balloons 1142 and 1144 may be deflated to cause pressures 1140 and 1141 sufficient to create a retraction pressure as described above, applied to generally conical-shaped inner surface 1138, thereby retracting distal portion 724 to directions 1186 and 1188 from second diameter 1120 to third diameter D30 as shown in
Moreover, tendons 1430 and 1440 may be of various suitable materials such as natural or synthetic fiber, plastic, stainless steel or various other appropriate metals. Likewise, pivot points 1432 and 1442 may be hard points such as a point where the tendon exits cannula 710 or a lumen as described below with respect to
For example,
Actuated or released tendons 1450 and 1460 may be manipulated, such as by retracting or pulling tendons 1450 and 1460 in direction 784 to move distal portion 724 in directions 1186 and 1188 to transform second diameter D21 into a third diameter, such as a diameter approximately equal to first diameter D11. For example,
Suitable actuation or manipulation tension for tendons 1430 and 1440 includes a range of tension between for example, zero pounds and five pounds such as a suitable tension for causing or countering an expansion pressure (e.g., such as caused by pressures 730 and 732) and or retraction pressure (e.g., such as described by pressures 1140 and 1141) as described above.
According to some embodiments, distal portion 724 may also be retracted from the second diameter to approximately the first diameter by various other appropriate designs or systems including a self contracting filter device, such as using materials similar to the self expanding filter device described above, but having an opposite transformation principle. Likewise, distal portion 724 may be retracted by a sheath such as sheath 790. Specifically, as shown in
Besides the above descriptions of retracting the second diameter of distal portion 724, it is contemplated that filter device 720 can be removed from blood vessel 990 without retraction of the second diameter. For example, distal portion 724 may have a property such that it can be retracted in direction 784 along blood vessel 990 without damaging or breaching blood vessel 990. Specifically, distal portion 724 may have atraumatic tips (e.g., such as by having properties at second diameter D2 as shown in
Note that
According to some embodiments it is possible to mix technologies described above with respect to restraining distal portion 724 by a retraction or contraction pressure, expanding distal portion 724 by an expansion pressure, or retracting distal portion 724 by a retraction or contraction pressure. For example, it is possible for filter device 720 and cannula 710 to include a self expanding filter device, or balloon expanded filter device, restrained by tendons, wherein the distal portion of filter device 720 may be expanded to a second diameter by self expansion or inflation of the balloons as described above, and then retracted to a third diameter by deflation of the balloons or manipulation of the tendons as described above. Likewise, it is possible for filter device 720 and cannula 710 to include a self expanding filter device, or balloon expanded filter device, restrained by a sheath, wherein the distal portion of filter device 720 may be expanded to a second diameter by self expansion or inflation of the balloons as described above, and then retracted to a third diameter by deflation of the balloons or manipulation of tendons attached to the distal portion, as described above.
Furthermore, lumens described herein, such as lumen 1712 and lumen 1714 may provide for aspiration of particles, material, and matter as described above with respect to hole 988 (e.g., see
In addition, according to some embodiments, any or all of lumens 1712, 1714, 1716, 1718, or 1740 may be used to inflate or deflate a balloon (e.g., such as balloons 1132, 1134, 1142, or 1144 as described above with respect to
Note that it is contemplated that balloons described herein will be inflated and deflated using fluids, including fluids described herein as a treatment agent. Likewise, it is also contemplated that lumens described herein, such as lumen 1712 and 1714, may provide the capability to inflate or deflate occlusion devices and balloons, to contain tendons, to contain guide wires, to provide for delivery of treatment agent, to provide for aspiration of treatment agent or particles, or to provide for pressure release, such as by providing those capabilities for filter 720, devices other than filter 720, or at various regions of interest other than treatment region 996. Thus, balloons 1132, 1134, 1140, 1141, 1152, and 1154 (See
Although
The various configurations of filter device 720 and lumen 710 described herein can be used to restrain and aspirate particles, material, and matter as described above for a variety of catheters, including guide catheters, delivery catheters, guide wires, and other cannula. For example,
At block 1920, the distal diameter of a filter device, such as first diameter D1, is transformed or enlarged to a different second diameter, such as second diameter D2, that is approximately equivalent to an inner diameter of a blood vessel at a treatment region, such as diameter of vessel DV of blood vessel 990 at treatment region 996. For example, first diameter D1 may be expanded in directions 786 and 788 to second diameter D2 until second diameter D2 approximates an inner diameter of a coronary sinus of a subject at a treatment region. Moreover, it is contemplated that second diameter D2 may be expanded sufficiently to make a pressure wave form in the blood vessel or coronary sinus become ventricularized.
At block 1930 particles, material, or matter may be restrained from flowing through the filter device, such as by restraining a plurality of particles having a particle science greater than an average particle size of blood cells contained in blood flowing through the filter device. Thus, after block 1920, it is contemplated that a liquid including a drug, treatment agent, infusion pellets, suspended cells, stem cells, microspheres, or other drugs or treatment agent mentioned herein may be delivered or infused through a lumen extending from proximal section 712 of cannula 710 to treatment region 996 (e.g., to treat vessel 990 at treatment region 996). During or after delivery of the liquid, particles, material, or matter, such as described above, as well as stem cells, microspheres, metal, particles from devices, pieces of tissue, or other drugs or treatment agents mentioned herein may be restrained by the filter device, such as is described above with respect to filter device 720.
For instance, in various embodiments, at block 1935 a treatment agent mentioned herein is infused to a treatment region of a blood vessel, such with respect to
At block 1940 the restrained particles are aspirated. For example, a plurality of particles being restrained, such as particles 980, can be aspirated proximate to the exterior surface of cannula 710, such as is described above with respect to hole 988 proximate to distal end 714 or lumen 1712 (e.g., see
At block 1950 the distal diameter of the filter device is contracted. For example, second diameter D2 may be contracted or retracted to a diameter that is approximately that of first diameter D1 (e.g., such as third diameter D30, or D31 as described above) in response to a retraction pressure (e.g., such as pressure 1140 and 1141, or 1451 and 1461).
At block 1960 the cannula and attached filter device are retracted, such as by retracting or withdrawing the cannula back out of vessel 990 and out of the subject. For example, as noted above, it is contemplated that cannula 710 and filter device 720 may be retracted without modifying distal portion 724 of filter device 720 (e.g., to leave distal portion 724 at second diameter D2), or may be retracted or removed from the subject after transforming or contracting second diameter D2 to become approximately the first diameter (e.g., block 1950).
Note that according to some embodiments, the process for using filter device 720 to restrain and aspirate particles shown and described above for
Referring now to
Sheath 2004, for example, a retractable or a tear-away sheath, such as sheath 790, is shown pulled away from occlusion device 2006 in direction of arrow 2014. When guide catheter 2000 is deployed into a vessel (e.g., such as is described above with respect to deployment of cannula 710 for
Distal end 2005 of sheath may be covering occlusion device 2006. After distal end 2002 of catheter is located in a preferred location, sheath 2004 may be moved in a proximal direction (e.g., a direction of arrow 2014) to uncover occlusion device 2006. Thereafter, self-expanding frame 2010 forces open device 2006 in direction of arrows 2018 so that occlusion device 2006 occupies substantially the entire vessel. Any fluid flowing through vessel in direction of arrows 2020 must then pass through material 2012, or be trapped by material 2012.
In another embodiment, if guide catheter is placed in a vessel with fluid flow in the direction of arrow 2022, then occlusion device 2006 may be turned around so that opening 2024 of occlusion device 2006 faces into the direction of fluid flow (e.g., see arrow 2022). Therefore, frame 2010 and fluid flow 2020 or 2022 serve to force occlusion device 2006 against the interior walls of a vessel (not shown). Aspiration side-hole 2016 may be provided adjacent distal end 2002 in guide catheter 2000 such as at a location and to function as is described above with respect to hole 988 for
Referring now to
As illustrated, occlusion device 2104 includes frame 2106, for example, an elastic frame, and material 2108 stretched between structure or portions of frame 2106. For example, frame 2106 may have a similar structure, functionality, and material as that described above for frame 2010 of
Inner guide catheter 2102 has first curve 2114, and outer guide catheter 2100 has second curve 2116. For example, according to some embodiments, first curve 2114 may be an angle between 10° and 125°, such as an angle of 10°, 20°, 30°, 45°, 60°, 80°, 90°, 100°, 120°, and 125°. Also, according to some embodiments, second curve 2116 may be an angle between 10° and 90°, such as an angle of 10°, 15°, 20°, 25°, 35°, 45°, 60°, 70°, 80°, and 90°. By sliding inner guide catheter 2102 back and forth in direction of arrows 2118 within outer guide catheter 2100, and rotating outer guide catheter 2100 or inner guide catheter 2102, distal end 2103 may be steered and tracked through a vessel network.
Note that according to some embodiments proximate end 712 of
Referring now to
First balloon 2204 may be a distance from second balloon 2250 sufficient to block a proximal and a distal end of a treatment region, such as a region for delivering a treatment agent. For example, distance D defining a region for delivering a treatment agent between first balloon 2204 and second balloon 2250 may be a distance in the range between one centimeter and 20 centimeters, such as a distance of 10 centimeters.
Moreover, according to some embodiments, first balloon 2204 or second balloon 2250 may have a maximum inflated outer diameter of between two millimeters and 15 millimeters, such as by having an outer diameter during inflation of 10 millimeters. Furthermore, according to some embodiments, first balloon 2204 or second balloon 2250 may employ a wedge or conical tapered shape, such as a shape having a tapered outer diameter towards distance D of four millimeters and an increasing diameter to a maximum diameter away from distance D of 10 millimeters. Thus it is possible to select balloons having a tapered profile to promote better sealing of a treatment region in a vessel as well as better centering of the balloons upon inflation. Likewise, the size and shape of first balloon 2204 and second balloon 2250 may be selected to provide a treatment region that may be pressurized, such as by a pressurized infusion of treatment agent as described herein, while preventing the flow of infused treatment agents out of the treatment region. For example, second balloon 2250 can be selected to prevent the flow of treatment agents out of a treatment region, such as defined within a blood vessel along distance D, while first balloon 2204 can be selected to prevent the backflow of infused treatment agents out of the treatment region and towards proximal end 2203. Next, the size, shape, and material of first balloon 2204 and second balloon 2250 may be selected to establish a desired pressure gradient within a vessel at the location of proximate to or between first balloon 2204 and second balloon 2250. More particularly, size, shape, material, and inflation pressure of first balloon 2204 and second balloon 2250 may be selected such that a treatment region as defined by distance D within a vessel may be pressurized, such as with a treatment agent, to a pressure between one and 30 atmospheres (e.g., such as to a pressure of between six and eight atmospheres).
First balloon 2204 and second balloon 2250 may be the same shape, size, or material, or first balloon 2204 may have a different shape, size, or material than second balloon 2250. Second balloon inflation cannula 2256 has a lumen there through and includes distal end and second opening 2258 within second balloon 2250 to inflate or deflate second balloon 2250. In another embodiment, first balloon inflation lumen 2206 and second balloon inflation cannula 2256 are the same lumen, with two openings 2208 and 2258, while in another embodiment (as illustrated), first balloon inflation lumen 2206 is different than and not connected to second balloon inflation cannula 2256.
Pressure-sensing cannula 2210 has distal end and pressure sensing opening 2212, which enables pressure-sensing, such as via a pressure sensing device with respect to fitting 2548, or other measurements or parameters to be taken in a region of a vessel between first balloon 2204 and second balloon 2250, or where ever distal end 2202 is placed. Delivery cannula 2214 has distal end and delivery opening 2216 which enables a fluid or treatment agent path from proximal end 2203 of balloon catheter 2200 to opening 2216 between first balloon 2204 and second balloon 2250.
In various embodiments, balloon catheter 2200 has a tapered tip. Tapered tip of catheter 2200 may enable easier tracking of distal end 2202 of catheter through a blood vessel. In various embodiments, distal end 2202 may have tapered cut 2222, which may be curved to have the profile shown in
Balloon catheter 2200 may have one or more radio-opaque markers applied to its outer diameter, such as by adhesive, laser bonding, or heat bonding, or may include a filler such as barium sulfate added to the polymeric material used to form balloon catheter 2200 near distal end 2202 to track the position of distal end 2202. According to some embodiments, such markers or filler may have various widths such as a width between one millimeter and two centimeters, and may extend around a portion of or completely around the circumference of balloon catheter 2200.
For example, catheter 2200 may also include marker 2230, for example, a radio-opaque marker, which may serve to ease visualization of distal end 2202 of catheter 2200 with a diagnostic visualization system. There may also be provided a second marker (not shown) adjacent second balloon 2250, so that first marker 2230 and second marker (not shown) may be used to locate first balloon 2204 and second balloon 2250, respectively.
Catheter 2200 may also include guidewire cannula 2242 to extend from proximal end 2203 through catheter 2200 to guidewire opening 2243. Guidewire cannula 2242 has distal end and guidewire opening 2243, adjacent distal end 2202 of catheter 2200. Guidewire cannula 2242 has dimensions to receive guidewire 2244. Guidewire 2244 is illustrated, where guidewire 2244 has distal end 2246 and occlusion device 2248 attached to guidewire 2244 adjacent guidewire distal end 2246. Occlusion device 2248 may be attached to guidewire 2244 by various appropriate methods including laser bonding, adhesive bonding, thermal bonding and other bonding processes for attaching an occlusion device, such as a balloon, to a guidewire or catheter. In addition, balloon catheter 2200 and guide catheter 1002 may have a length such as is described above with respect to the length of guide catheter 302.
Catheter 2520 is provided with balloon 2547 on distal end 2524 of catheter 2520, which balloon 2547 is adapted to occlude the coronary sinus or another vessel when inflated. An inflation lumen extends through shaft 2522 and is in communication with the interior of balloon 2547 through opening 2537. Specifically, the inflation lumen, or any other inflation lumen may be a balloon inflation lumen within a flexible tube or cannula shaft (e.g., such as a lumen having a surrounding material, sleeve, cannula or lumen, such as described below with respect to infusion lumen 9520 or accessory lumen 9530 of
A pressure lumen is also provided in shaft 2522 which opens at pressure port 2544 on side-wall of shaft 2522 near distal end 2524, or in soft tip 2530 as illustrated. The pressure lumen is connected to extension tube 2546 attached to shaft 2522 near proximal end 2526. Extension tube 2546 has fitting 2548 at its proximal end shown connected to pressure measuring device 2562. Extension tube 2546 may have a surrounding material, sleeve, cannula or lumen, such as described below with respect to infusion lumen 9520 or accessory lumen 9530 of
Pressure increasing device 2560 is shown connected by connection 2572 to controller 2570. Pressure measuring device 2562 is shown connected to controller 2570 by connection 2574. Inflation device 2564 is shown connected to controller 2570 by connection 2576.
In various embodiments, distal end 2524 of catheter 2520 is inserted into a vessel, for example, the coronary sinus. Once distal end 2524 of catheter 2520 is in place, balloon 2547 may be inflated by inflation device 2564. Pressure measuring device 2562 measures pressure distal to balloon 2547 through pressure port 2544 on side-wall of shaft 2522. Once the pressure waveform in the vessel has become ventricularized, for example, blood beating against balloon 2547 in a similar rhythm to a heartbeat, inflation of balloon 2547 is stopped by controller 2570. At this point, pressure increasing device 2560 begins to force a liquid through catheter 2520 to soft tip 2530 to outlet port 2592. Liquid is forced into the vessel distal to balloon 2547. Pressure measuring device 2562 measures pressure distal of balloon while liquid is being forced by pressure increasing device 2560. Controller 2570 controls pressure increasing device 2560 to regulate fluid flow and pressure, by the information provided by pressure measuring device 2562. After a sufficient period of time, controller 2570 stops the delivery of liquid by pressure increasing device 2560, then deflates balloon 2547 with inflation device 2564, and catheter 2520 may then be removed from the vessel. It is worth explaining that although references are made herein to a pressure lumen and a pressure-sensing device (e.g., such as is describe above with respect to
Delivery catheter 2620 is shown in
To allow percutaneous introduction of delivery catheter 2620 in a peripheral vein, in various embodiments, shaft 2622 will have an outer diameter (“OD”) of no more than about 5.0 mm from distal end 2624 to at least about 30 cm proximal thereto, and in another embodiment, to at least about 50 cm proximal thereto.
In some embodiments, delivery catheters described herein (e.g., such as balloon catheter 2200, delivery catheter 2520, or delivery catheter 2620) may be adapted for introduction through a commercially-available 9 French or 10 French introducer sheath or a suitably sized guide catheter, or by feeding over a guidewire, or for introduction by surgical cut-down into a comparably-sized blood vessel (e.g., such as an artery of vein, including a peripheral vein). Additionally, the delivery catheters described herein may be adapted to be introduced through guide catheters (e.g., such as catheter 302, 502, 2000, or 2100) to be delivered to a location of a blood vessel from which the distal end of the delivery catheter (e.g., such as distal end 2524 or 2624) may be advanced to a treatment region of a blood vessel to be treated by infusing a treatment agent (e.g., such as by infusion through system 2500, as described above).
In various embodiments, a guide catheter (e.g., such as a guide catheter to be used with a delivery catheters described herein) is adapted to be fed into a femoral vein, then to an external iliac vein, then to a common iliac vein, to inferior vena cava 116), then into right atrium 122, and into coronary sinus 3286 (see
In various embodiments, a suitable guide catheter is described in a co-pending patent application Ser. No. 10/293,535, filed on Nov. 12, 2002. Co-pending patent application Ser. No. 10/293,535, filed on Nov. 12, 2002 is herein incorporated by reference in its entirety. The guide catheter disclosed in the co-pending patent application may be inserted into a blood vessel, such as a femoral vein. Note that that guide catheter has a first convex curved portion, a concave curved portion distal to the first convex curved portion, and a second convex curved portion distal to the concave curve portion. Suitable guide catheters may also include an occlusion balloon at a distal end (e.g., such as catheter 302, 502, and 2100 having balloons 308, 510, and 2112, respectively). Other suitable guide catheters include the Viking Opima Line™ (a trademark of Guidant Corporation), the ACS Viking™ line of guide catheters (a trademark of Guidant Corporation), and the ACS RAD Curve™ line of guide catheters (a trademark of Guidant Corporation). Appropriate guide catheters also include EasyTrak® guiding catheters, Rapido™ guiding catheters, and telescoping guide catheters, for example, CS-MP REF 7300 and CS-IC 90 REF 666776-101.
Referring again to
Catheter 2620 is provided with balloon 2647 on distal end 2624 of catheter 2620 which is adapted to occlude the coronary sinus or another vessel (see
In various embodiments, balloon 2647 may be located at least about 15 mm from distal end 2624 of shaft 2622 so that, during positioning, if balloon 2647 is pulled out of the coronary sinus, there is sufficient length of shaft 2622 distal to the balloon that will remain in the coronary sinus to eliminate the need to relocate distal end 2624 in the coronary sinus.
In various embodiments, balloon 2647 is formed by dipping a mandrel in liquefied polymer and curing as needed. Balloon 2647 may be attached to shaft 2622 by, for example, heat welding or an adhesive.
Inflation lumen 2636 extends through shaft 2622 and is in communication with the interior of balloon 2647 through opening 2637. Near proximal end 2626, inflation lumen 2636 is connected to inflation extension tube 2638 attached to shaft 2622 having fitting 2640 at its proximal end for attachment to an inflation fluid delivery device. In various embodiments, inflation lumen 2636 is configured to allow delivery of inflation fluid or gas at a sufficient rate to fully inflate balloon 2647 in about two seconds. In another embodiment, inflation lumen 2636 has a height H2 of about 0.5-0.9 mm and a width W of about 0.9-1.3 mm. Inflation lumen 2636 may alternatively be a coaxial lumen around shaft 2622, enclosed by a separate tubular member (not shown). Extension tube 2638 may have a surrounding material, sleeve, cannula or lumen, such as described below with respect to infusion lumen 9520 or accessory lumen 9530 of
Optionally, pressure relief valve 2641 may be connected to inflation extension tube 2638 to prevent overinflation of balloon 2647, which might damage the tissue of the coronary sinus or another vessel. Pressure relief valve 2641 is configured to open and relieve fluid pressure from inflation lumen 2636 when balloon 2647 exceeds the maximum desired inflated pressure or diameter, e.g., about 9 mm. This may be accomplished by pre-inflating balloon 2647 to the maximum inflated diameter without pressure relief valve 2641 mounted to the delivery catheter, thereby plastically deforming balloon 2647 to its fully inflated size. Balloon 2647 is then collapsed onto the shaft by applying a vacuum to inflation lumen 2636, and pressure relief valve 2641 is mounted to inflation extension tube 2638. In use, when delivery catheter 2620 is positioned in the coronary sinus, inflation of balloon 2647 to the desired inflated size will require relatively low pressure, e.g. less than about 0.5-2.0 psi. However, once the maximum inflated size is reached, the pressure will increase significantly, causing pressure relief valve 2641 to open, thus preventing overinflation of balloon 2647. A suitable pressure relief valve 2641 is available from, for example, Smart Products, Inc. of San Jose, Calif., under the name “Luer Check Valve.”
In another embodiment, balloon 2647 may be self-inflating, wherein the treatment agent itself acts as the inflation fluid for balloon 2647, eliminating the need for a separate inflation lumen 2636 in shaft 2622. In this embodiment, delivery lumen 2628 communicates with the interior of balloon 2647 in such a way that balloon 2647 will inflate fully to occlude the coronary sinus only during delivery of treatment agent. For example, a fluid path between delivery lumen 2628 and balloon 2647 may be provided such that all or a major portion of the treatment agent delivered through delivery lumen 2628 first enters the balloon to cause balloon 2647 to inflate, before treatment agent flows into the coronary sinus through outlet holes in shaft 2622 distal to balloon 2647, or through outlet holes in the balloon itself. One way to accomplish this is by a reduction in the diameter of the lumen distal to balloon 2647 such that a sufficient head pressure is established to inflate balloon 2647 and administer a treatment agent from shaft 2622.
Pressure lumen 2642 may also be provided in shaft 2622 which opens at pressure port 2644 on side-wall of shaft 2622 near distal end 2624, or in soft tip 2630 as illustrated. Pressure lumen 2642 is connected to extension tube 2646 attached (e.g., via adhesive) to shaft 2622 near proximal end 2626 and includes fitting 2648 at its proximal end suitable for connection to pressure monitoring equipment. In this way, pressure in the coronary sinus distal to balloon 2647 may be monitored during treatment agent delivery to ensure that pressure within the coronary sinus is maintained at a safe level. Extension tube 2646 may have a surrounding material, sleeve, cannula or lumen, such as described below with respect to infusion lumen 9520 or accessory lumen 9530 of
Pressure relief valve (e.g., not shown, but such as relief valve 2641) connected to inflation extension tube 2638, may also be connected to delivery lumen 2628 to ensure that treatment agent pressure does not exceed a predetermined level, avoiding hemolysis in the blood component of the fluid or protecting the coronary sinus from excessive infusion pressure. In various embodiments, pressure in the range of about zero to about five mmHg could be measure at port 2644.
As shown in
As shown in
A liquid containing a treatment agent or drug, e.g., a caroporide solution, may be introduced into proximal end 2626 of catheter 2620, which extends outside of the patient, under sufficient pressure so that the fluid containing the treatment agent can be forced to pass through the coronary sinus, through the capillary beds (not shown) in the patient's myocardium, and optionally through coronary arteries (not shown) and ostia associated with the respective coronary arteries (not shown) into the ascending aorta (not shown).
In various embodiments, balloon 2647 on the distal extremity of catheter 2620 is inflated to occlude the coronary sinus or another vessel to prevent fluid loss into the right atrium. A liquid containing a treatment agent such as adenosine is directed through catheter 2620 into the coronary sinus or another vessel and the pressure and volumetric flow rate of the treatment agent within the coronary sinus or another vessel are maintained sufficiently high (e.g. at least 100 ml/min at about 40 mm Hg) so that the treatment agent will pass through the coronary veins, and reaching the capillary beds, and optionally on to the coronary arteries (not shown) and out the ostia (not shown).
Treatment agent is delivered through delivery catheter 2620 at a flow rate sufficient to maintain desired treatment by periodic or continual infusions. However, treatment solution pressure within the coronary sinus or another vessel should be less than about 50 mm Hg to avoid tissue damage. In various embodiments, the treatment agent is a mixture of blood and a treatment agent such as an antioxidant, in various embodiments at a ratio or four parts blood to one part antioxidant solution (by volume). This antioxidant solution may be mixed into oxygenated blood.
The treatment agent may be directed to fitting 2632 on proximal end of delivery catheter 2620, and delivered to the coronary sinus, or another vessel, in various embodiments at a flow rate of at least about 100 ml/min. and in another embodiment, at about 200 ml/min. If treatment agent includes a blood component, the pressure required to pump the treatment agent through the lumen of the delivery catheter (“pump pressure”) should not exceed 300 mmHg to avoid excessive hemolysis of the blood component. Treatment agent flow through delivery catheter 2620 is maintained on a periodic basis, e.g., about every 15-30 seconds for 2-4 minutes, so long as the heart is to remain under treatment.
Referring now to
On distal end 3024 of catheter is located balloon 3047 (for example balloon 8810, 9510, filter device 710, or any other balloon, occlusion device, or filter device as described herein) with inflation lumen (not shown) (for example, 2636, 3936, or any other inflation lumen, tube or cannula.), where inflation lumen has opening 3037 (for example, 2637, 3172), which serves to inflate or deflate balloon 3047. Inflation lumen is through catheter 3020 from opening 3037 (for example, 2637, 3172) to inflation extension tube 3038 (for example, 2638), which has fitting 3040 (for example, 2640) at the proximal end of inflation extension tube 3038. There is also optionally provided pressure relief valve 3041 (for example, 2641) adjacent to fitting 3040. Inflation device 3070 (for example, apparatus 9700, 9800 of
Delivery catheter 3020 may also have a pressure lumen (not shown) (for example, 2642, 3142, 3220, accessory lumen 9530, or any other lumen, tube, or cannula capable of measuring pressure or inserting a pressure sensing device through.), where pressure lumen has pressure port 3044 (for example, 2644, 3136, 3228, 3944) at distal end of pressure lumen. Pressure lumen extends from pressure port 3044 to extension tube 3046 (for example, 2646). Extension tube 3046 has fitting 3048 (for example, 2648) at proximal end of extension tube 3046. Pressure-sensing device 3060 may be connected to fitting 3048. Extension tube 3046 may have a surrounding material, sleeve, cannula or lumen, such as described below with respect to infusion lumen 9520 or accessory lumen 9530 of
In various embodiments, system 3000 has controller 3080, such as a controller (e.g., including an automatic, computer, or machine controller) adapted to control a pressure increasing device, a pressure-sensing device, or an inflation device as described herein. More particularly, pressure-sensing device 3060 may be connected to pressure measurement connection 3008 (for example, 5708 or 5808 of
Moreover, system controller 3080 may be used to control an amount of treatment agent infused, a period of time during which treatment agent is infused, a period of time during which an occlusion device occludes a blood vessel (e.g., such as first period of time 9670, or a period of time that filter device 720 (e.g., see
A suitable self-inflating balloon configuration is illustrated in
Plurality of radial holes 3172 extend through body of catheter 3122 from within infusion lumen 3128, proximal of flow tip base plug 3152, into interior space 3174 enclosed by balloon 3147. Thus the flow of treatment agent through catheter 3120 shown by arrows 3190 exits infusion lumen 3128 through holes 3172, enters balloon interior 3174, flows into flow channels 3158 and exits each flow channel 3158 through its side exits 3162, or distal exits 3154. The aggregate cross sectional area of holes 3172 filling balloon interior 3174 exceeds the aggregate cross sectional area of flow channels 3158 draining balloon interior 3174, providing a positive pressure within balloon interior 3174 to keep balloon 3147 inflated while the treatment agent flows through catheter 3120.
Pressure monitoring lumen 3142 extends through one of open channels 3158 via extension tube 3175. Extension tube 3175 may have a surrounding material, sleeve, cannula or lumen, such as described below with respect to infusion lumen 9520 or accessory lumen 9530 of
Also note that stylet well 3176 can coaxially sink into base plug 3152 of flow tip 3148 for receiving a stylet (not shown), and providing additional reinforcement at distal end 3156 of catheter body 3122 where the stylet (not shown) impacts base plug 3152 of flow tip 3148.
Tip 3212 having port 3214 is inserted into coronary sinus 3286 to a depth from about zero to about four inches (zero to about 10.2 cm) from coronary sinus ostium 3288. Optionally, markers 3218 may be provided on catheter 3201 and optionally spaced about two inches apart along catheter 3201; in various embodiments, markers 3218 are radiopaque.
Referring now to
Referring now to
Left coronary artery 3320 and right coronary artery 3322 feed out of aorta 3350. Branching off of left coronary artery 3320 are circumflex branch of left coronary artery 3324, and anterior interventricular branch (left anterior descending) of left coronary artery 3344, and interventricular septal branches 3326. Feeding off of right coronary artery 3322 are atrial branch of right coronary artery 3330, and right marginal branch of right coronary artery 3328.
Referring again to
Referring now to
Staggered tip of catheter 3600 may enable easier tracking of distal end 3602 of catheter through a blood vessel. In various embodiments, pressure-sensing lumen 3610 or catheter body 3620 adjacent pressure-sensing lumen 3610 have tapered cut 3622 which may be curved. According to some embodiments, tapered cut 3622, may have an angle and a tapered shape, such as is described above with respect to tapered cut 2222 of
In another embodiment, catheter 3600 is illustrated. Catheter has balloon inflation lumen 3606, balloon 3604, delivery lumen 3610 having opening 3612, and pressure-sensing lumen 3614 having opening 3616. Catheter 3600 has a staggered tip where opening 3612 of delivery lumen 3610 is distance L1 3624 from opening 3616 of pressure-sensing lumen 3614. In addition, catheter body 3620 adjacent opening 3612 of delivery lumen 3610 may have a tapered or curved shape 3622.
In another embodiment, catheter 3600 may include marker 3630, for example a radio-opaque marker, which may serve to ease visualization of distal end 3602 of catheter 3600 with a diagnostic or visualization system.
Referring now to
Referring now to
Staggered tip of catheter 3800 may enable easier tracking of distal end 3802 of catheter through a blood vessel. In various embodiments, pressure-sensing lumen 3810 or catheter body 3820 adjacent pressure-sensing lumen have tapered cut 3822 which may be curved. According to some embodiments, tapered cut 3822, may have an angle and a tapered shape, such as is described above with respect to tapered cut 2222 of
Catheter 3800 may also include marker 3830, for example, a radio-opaque marker, which may serve to ease visualization of distal end 3802 of catheter 3800 with a diagnostic visualization system.
Catheter 3800 may also include guidewire lumen 3842 through catheter 3800. Guidewire lumen 3842 has distal end and opening 3843 adjacent distal end 3802 of catheter. Guidewire lumen 3842 is adapted to receive a guidewire. Guidewire 3844 is illustrated, where guidewire 3844 has distal end 3846 and balloon 3848 adjacent distal end 3846.
Referring now to
In various embodiments, balloon 3947 may be tapered by having distal end 3949 of balloon have a thinner wall thickness than proximal end 3951 of balloon 3947, so that fluid or gas inserted into balloon 3947 through outlet port of inflation lumen 3936 serves to make the distal end 3949 of balloon larger than proximal end 3951 of balloon 3947. In another embodiment, balloon 3947 may have uniform wall thickness of proximal end 3951 and distal end 3949, but the balloon is molded or formed in a tapered shape, or otherwise formed so that balloon 3947 will assume a tapered shape when inflated.
In various embodiments, a pressure-sensing device may be connected to pressure port 3944 via an attachment to fitting 3648 at proximal end of extension tube 2646 of catheter 2620 (shown in
In various embodiments, an inflation device may be connected to inflation lumen 3936 via attachment to fitting 2640 at proximal end of inflation extension tube 2638 attached to shaft 2622 and inflation lumen 2636 extending through catheter 2620. In various embodiments, the inflation device is a syringe. In another embodiment, the inflation device is a pump, for example, a centrifugal pump, a gear pump, or a reciprocating pump. In another embodiment, balloon 2647 is inflated with carbon dioxide, saline, or contrast medium by the inflation device.
Referring now to
Referring now to
In use, distal end 4102 of guidewire 4100 is fed into vessel 4112. Once distal end 4102 of guidewire has been located in the correct position, sheath 4106 may be pulled back in the direction of arrows 4110 to expose occlusion device 4108. Fluid flow in the direction of arrow 4113, within vessel 4112, forces open occlusion device 4108 in the direction of arrows 4109 to occlude vessel 4112. At the end of the procedure, sheath 4106 may be advanced in the direction of arrows 4111 to recover or disengage occlusion device 4108 and force it closed. At that point, distal end 4102 may be removed from vessel 4112. In another embodiment, before removing distal end 4102, sheath 4106 may be removed, and a second sheath (not shown) may be fed over proximal end 4101 of guidewire to recover occlusion device 4108. Second sheath may have a larger diameter to trap fluid, particles, or foreign objects which were caught in occlusion device 4108. In this embodiment, second sheath (not shown) is fed in direction of arrows 4111 until occlusion device 4108 has been closed and then distal end 4102 may be removed from vessel 4112.
In various embodiments, occlusion device 4108 may be provided with leaflets or fold lines to ease deployment and recapture of occlusion device. For instance, in various embodiments, occlusion device 4108 may be opened (such as after sheath 4106 has been pulled back) by rotation of guidewire 4100 to cause occlusion device 4108 to rotate in direction 4182 to open occlude vessel 4112 (see
Referring now to
According to some embodiments, basket 4308 may be connected or attached to a frame 4306, such as by laser bonding, adhesive bonding, thermal bonding, mechanical restriction (e.g., such as if material basket 4308 is woven or sewn through structure of the frame, such as structure including gaps between the structure or holes in the frame), and or various other appropriate attachment methods as described herein. Likewise, an inner diameter of the frame 4306, such as in inner diameter of proximal frame 4364, may be attached to an outer surface of guidewire 4300, such as by laser bonding, adhesive bonding, thermal bonding, mechanical bonding.
In use, distal end 4302 is placed within vessel 4312, with sheath 4310 covering occlusion device 4304. When distal end 4302 is located in an appropriate location, sheath 4310 is pulled back, and frame 4306, which includes an elastic or expanding material to apply an expaning force to occlusion device 4304, forces open occlusion device 4304 stretching basket 4308 across vessel 4312 to occlude fluid flow. In addition, fluid flow in the direction of arrow 4314 forces open occlusion device 4304 and acts to press basket 4308 against the walls of vessel 4312, by also applying a force on the inside surfaces of basket 4308 which creates an expaning force to occlusion device 4304.
According to some embodiments, occlusion devices may include various types of balloons made of various materials and according to various manufacturing techniques. For example, in various embodiments, devices 720, 2006, 2104, 4108, 4304 as described herein; balloons 308, 314, 510, 2112, 2204, 2250, 2547, 2647, 3047, 3147, 3522, 3604, 3704, 3804, 3947, 4004, 4420, 4520, 4820, 8810, 9510 as described herein; or any other catheter, cannula, tube, sheath, balloon or occlusion device., may be made from or include a polymer material, such as a synthetic or natural latex or rubber. Moreover, the polymer material may be a polyether block amide resin, a polyetheramide, or a plasticiser free thermoplastic elastomer, for example, PEBAX®, a registered trademark of Atochem. Similarly, balloons or occlusion devices described herein may be made from or include a blend of different types of PEBAX®. In various embodiments, balloons or occlusion devices described herein may be made from or include a styrenic block copolymer (SBC), or a blend of SBC's. Suitable SBC's include SBC's sold under the tradename Kraton Polymers® a registered trademark of Shell Oil Company, SBC's sold under the tradename Vector® a registered trademark of Dexco Polymers, and SBC's sold under the tradename Europrene® a registered trademark of Polymeri Europa.
In fact, in some embodiments, balloons mentioned above, or other balloons or occlusion device., may include various types of a high-compliance or low-tension balloons, such as a composite or multi-layer expanded PolyTetraFlouroEthylene (ePTFE) balloon having an inner liner. For example,
According to some embodiments, balloon 4420 may have a property such that when inflated balloon 4420 will expand in size to an outer diameter sufficient for occlusion of a blood vessel at an inflation pressure (or at an inflation volume with respect to balloon 8810 or apparatus 9700 or 9800 of
More particularly, balloon 4420 may include a property such that when inflated to volume V1, balloon 4420 will expand in size to outer diameter D2 that is approximately inner diameter DV of blood vessel 4490 at inflation pressure PR, which is a pressure less than sufficient to exert an axial strain on blood vessel 4490 in directions 4487. Thus, balloon 4420 may be a high-compliance balloon that expands radially and longitudinally upon inflation and forms a plurality of radial outer diameters during inflation to an outer diameter sufficient to occlude the blood vessel at an inflation pressure that does not appreciably expand the blood vessel radially (e.g., such as by occluding the blood vessel at a location while the inner diameter of the blood vessel at the location stays within five percent its pre-occlusion inner diameter). Furthermore, balloon 4420 may be a low-tension balloon, such as a balloon that expands radially and longitudinally upon inflation and forms a plurality of radial outer diameters during inflation and deflation, but does not form wings. For example, balloon 4420 may have a balloon pre-inflated outer diameter DM between three mm and five mm at an inflation pressure of between zero atmospheres and one atmosphere in pressure, and a balloon inflated outer diameter D2 between five mm and nine mm at an inflation pressure between six atmospheres and eight atmospheres in pressure. In addition, according to some embodiments, pressure PR may be a pressure sufficient to cause balloon 4520 to occlude the blood vessel without radially expanding the blood vessel.
In addition, balloon may have a property to cause post-inflation deflated outer diameter DP of balloon 4420 to retract to within 20% of pre-inflated outer diameter DM of balloon 4420. It is also contemplated that balloon 4420 may include one or more of the following characteristics: effective modulus of less than 1.5 MPa (e.g., such as during insertion into a blood vessel, use as an occlusion device, and removal from the blood vessel), and elongation of less than 500% at breaking, a tension set of less than 30%, a tension strength of at least 200 MPa, and an inflation range of pressure between zero and six atmospheres in pressure. In various embodiments, balloon 4420 may have a tension set of less than 30% in residual strength after elongation to 300%, such as by having a tension set of 20%, 15%, 10%, or 5%. Specifically, according to various embodiments, balloon 4420 may have a property to withstand an inflation pressure of between six and eight atmospheres of pressure and retract to within 20% of balloon 4420's initial pre-inflation dimension, upon removal of inflation pressure.
It is also contemplated that balloon 4420 may have a wall thickness that varies with respect to the axis of cannula 4410, so that when balloon 4420 is inflated, it has a tapered profile. For instance, according to various embodiments, balloon 4420 has a first wall thickness at first axial distance 4432 from distal end 4414 of the cannula and a different second wall thickness at different second axial distance 4434 from distal end 4414 of cannula 4410. Thus, when balloon 4420 is inflated, it will expand to a first outer diameter at distance 4432 and a different second outer diameter at distance 4434.
Similarly, it is contemplated that balloon 4420 may have a pre-inflated outer diameter that varies along the axis of cannula 4410 so that when balloon 4420 is inflated, it has a tapered profile. In various embodiments, when deflated, balloon 4420 has a first pre-inflated outer diameter at distance 4432 and a second pre-inflated outer diameter at distance 4434. Thus, when inflated, balloon 4420 will expand in size to a first outer diameter at distance 4432 and a different second outer diameter at distance 4434. An illustration of a balloon having a tapered profile is shown in
In accordance with embodiments, balloon 4420 may be formed by various appropriate processes. For example, balloon 4420 may be formed by injection molding a material, extruding a material, solvent casting a material, or dip coating a material to form a balloon. Moreover, it is contemplating that extruding may include extruding a material such that balloon 4420 has a deflated outer diameter in a range of between 0.5 mm and five mm in diameter. For instance, material may be extruded such that balloon 4420 has a deflated outer diameter of 1.5 mm, and a thickness sufficient to reach an inflated outer diameter of nine mm at less than six atmospheres of inflation pressure.
Furthermore, in embodiments, balloon 4420 may include one or more of a silicone rubber; a polyurethane such as Pursil™, or another biocompatible silicone polyether urethane; Pebax™ such as polyether-block co-polyamide polymer, polyether-block anide; diene polymers and their copolymers; isoprenes; neoprenes; diene; styrene; butadienes; styreneisoprene-styrene block co-polymers; styrene-butadiene-styrene co-polymers; partially or fully crosslinked versions of these same polymers, such as a Kraton™ (e.g., such as Kraton™ 1161K, which is a styrene-isoprene-styrene tri-block co-polymer with 85% isoprene and 15% styrene), any styrene-isoprene-styrene tri-block co-polymer with up to 100% isoprene and up to 50% styrene; unsaturated dienes, their co-polymers and partially or fully crosslinked versions of these same; and an aliphatic polymethane with polydimethyl siloxane backbone. Note that for bondability of such polymers, one or more functional groups may be chemically added to the polymer structure. In particular, balloon 4420 may include one or more of a silicone rubber, a Kraton™, and a styrene-isoprene-styrene tri-block co-polymer treated with one or more of the following additives: thiuram disulfide derivatives (R′R″N-(C=5)-S-S-(C=5)-NR″R″), mercaptobenzothiazoles, amino-mercaptobenzothrazole (e.g, such as to vulcanized a silicone rubber), sulfides, and azides. Therefore, for example, balloon 4420 may include any of the materials listed above, and may be treated with an additive such as by treating balloon outer diameter 4428 with one or more of the additives mentioned above.
Finally, in accordance with embodiments, outer diameter 4428 of balloon 4420 may be bonded to an inner diameter of a plurality of fused layers of ePTFE. For example,
According to some embodiments, balloon 4520 may have a property such that when inflated balloon 4520 will expand in size to an outer diameter sufficient for occlusion of a blood vessel at an inflation pressure (or at an inflation volume with respect to balloon 8810 or apparatus 9700 or 9800 of
More particularly, balloon 4520 may include a property such that when inflated to volume V2, balloon 4520 will expand in size to outer diameter D2 that is approximately inner diameter DV of blood vessel 4490 at inflation pressure PR, which is a pressure less than sufficient to exert an axial strain on blood vessel 4490 in directions 4487. Thus, balloon 4520 may be a high-compliance or low-tension balloon, such as a balloon that expands radially and longitudinally upon inflation or forms a plurality of radial outer diameters during inflation and deflation, but does not form wings. In addition, according to some embodiments, pressure PR may be a pressure sufficient to cause balloon 4520 to occlude the blood vessel without radially expanding the blood vessel.
In addition, in accordance with embodiments, fused layers of ePTFE 4510 may include one or more layers of ePTFE windings. For example, fused layers of ePTFE 4510 may include one or more layers of ePTFE windings wound over each other in concentric, overlaying, intersecting, or criss-cross patterns, wound according to a process, such as is described below with respect to
Thus, according to some embodiments, balloon 4520 may have a property to cause balloon 4520 to have a post-inflation deflated outer diameter that retracts to within 20% of a pre-inflated outer diameter of balloon 4520. Specifically, balloon liner 4420 may cause balloon 4520 to retract when deflated to a post-inflated deflated outer diameter DP that is approximately 440% greater than the pre-inflated outer diameter DM of balloon 4520. Moreover, balloon 4520 may include a property such that during inflation outer radial surface 4528 of balloon 4520 is parallel to the axis of cannula 4410, and surface 4528 expands radially in directions 4489 but has no substantial expansion axially in directions 4487, or along a direction parallel to the axis of cannula 4410.
Similarly to balloon 4420 of
In embodiments, balloon 4520 may have a pre-inflated outer diameter between three mm and five mm at a pressure of between zero and one atmosphere (e.g., such as approximately zero atmospheres), and a balloon inflated outer diameter D2 between seven mm and eleven mm inflation pressure PR, of between six and eight atmospheres. Embodiments of balloon 4520 also include a balloon having inflated outer diameter D2 in a range of between five mm and nine mm in diameter at a pressure of less than six atmospheres.
Likewise, according to some embodiments, balloon 4420, or balloon 4520 may have an outside diameter growth rate such as that shown in
In addition, according to some embodiments, various appropriate processes may be used to form a lined ePTFE balloon or an ePTFE composite balloon, such as balloon 4520. For example,
At block 4620, layers of ePTFE are wound onto a large mandrel, such as by wrapping ePTFE windings, as described above, around a mandrel having a diameter in a range of between 10 mm and 12 mm in diameter. According to some embodiments, the diameter of the large mandrel may be selected to be a diameter that is in a range between one mm and two mm larger than the desired diameter of the lined ePTFE balloon when inflated. Specifically, for example, a 10 mm diameter large mandrel may be used when forming a lined ePTFE balloon, such as balloon 4520, to have an inflated diameter D2 of 9 mm. Likewise, a mandrel of 11 mm may be used to produce a lined ePTFE balloon having an inflated diameter of 12 mm.
In addition, according to some embodiments, the layers of ePTFE may be formed by ePTFE windings, strips, or ribbons, such as those described above for fused layers of ePTFE 4510. For instance, windings of ePTFE material may be wound onto a large mandrel to form multiple layers of ePTFE that overlay, intersect, are concentric with, or criss-cross other windings or layers of ePTFE in various patterns and at various angles. Thus, fused layers of ePTFE 4510 may include one layer of ePTFE windings wound over another layer of ePTFE windings such that the one layer of windings forms an “X” pattern, a “W” pattern, a “S” pattern, or a criss-cross pattern. For example,
Besides winding ePTFE windings in various patterns to form ePTFE layers, various numbers of ePTFE layers may be wound or formed as necessary to ensure that there are enough layers to ensure that the ePTFE layers or windings do not come apart or separate (e.g., such as during inflation and deflation), but not so many ePTFE windings or layers that expansion is inhibited beyond a desired inflation diameter of expansion. For instance, when forming plurality of fused ePTFE layers 4510, a sufficient number of ePTFE layers may be wound or formed such that when balloon 4520 is completed, fused ePTFE layers 4510 do not separate when ePTFE balloon 4520 is inflated to inflation pressure PR of between 6 and 8 atmospheres in pressure. More particularly, as shown in
At block 4630, layers or windings of ePTFE, such as from block 4620, are fused together, such as by heating the layers or windings wound onto the large mandrel. For instance, layers of ePTFE wound onto a large mandrel may be heated at a temperature between 350° C. and 400° C. for a duration of greater than 10 minutes and less than 60 minutes, as necessary to sinter the plurality of ePTFE layers or windings. Thus, plurality of fused ePTFE windings 4510 may include windings such as first windings 4710 and 4712 wound over second windings 4720 and 4722 onto a large mandrel and heated to a temperature of approximately 380° C. for a duration of between 20 and 30 minutes so as to fuse first windings 4710 and 4712 to each other and to second windings 4720 and 4722. After fusing, fused ePTFE layers may be removed from the large mandrel.
At block 4640, the fused layers of ePTFE are stretched onto a small mandrel. For instance, a small mandrel may be placed within an inner diameter of the fused ePTFE layers and the fused ePTFE layers may then be stretch apart along the axis of the small mandrel sufficiently so that the ePTFE layers are stretched onto, touch, or conform to the small mandrel. Thus, a distal end and a proximate end of the fused ePTFE layers may be gripped or connected to and stretched apart in opposite directions until the fused layers of ePTFE are stretched sufficiently as described above. After the fused layers are sufficiently stretched, they may be stabilized by heating. For example, the layers may be stabilized over a set temperature and time, such as by heating to a temperature of 380° C. for a duration of between 30 seconds and two minutes in duration (e.g., such as for approximately one minute). Moreover, according to some embodiments, the outer diameter of the small mandrel may be selected to be a diameter in a range of between two mm and three mm larger than the desired deflated diameter of a lined ePTFE balloon before inflation. For example, the small mandrel may have an outer diameter between two and three mm larger than deflated diameter DM of balloon 4520.
At block 4650, the stretched fused layers of ePTFE are compacted axially, such as by being compacted in directions opposite of directions 4487. For instance, fused layers of ePTFE stretched onto a small mandrel may then have their outer diameter wrapped with a TEFLON™ tape, a “plumbers” tape, or maybe constrained with a steel tube. Then the wrapped or constrained layers of ePTFE may be compacted axially so that the wrapping or constraining of their outer diameter controls expansion of the outer diameter during compacting. For instance, according to some embodiments, compacting includes sufficiently compacting axially inwards (e.g., such as in directions opposite of directions 4487) a distal end and a proximate end of the stretched fused layers of ePTFE, such that during inflation of the lined ePTFE balloon (e.g., such as during inflation of balloon 4520 to inflation pressure PR), the compacted stretched fused layers of ePTFE (e.g., such as fused ePTFE layers 4510) may not expand axially (e.g., such as by being incapable of expanding in directions 4487). Moreover, according to some embodiments compacting may include sufficiently compacting axially inwards a distal end and a proximate end of the compacted stretched fuses of ePTFE such that during inflation of the lined ePTFE balloon (e.g., such as described above) the compacted stretched fused layers of ePTFE (e.g., such as fused ePTFE layers 4510) may expand axially (e.g., such as in directions 4487) by a selected percentage of an axial size of the compacted stretched fused layers of ePTFE, during inflation of the lined ePTFE balloon. Hence, more particularly, the stretched fused layers of ePTFE may be compacted sufficiently at block 4650 so that during inflation of balloon 4520, fused ePTFE layers 4510 may expand axially in directions 4487 by a selected percentage of the length of the compacted stretched fused layers of ePTFE along the longitudinal axis of the small mandrel.
Furthermore, according to some embodiments, compacting may include compacting sufficiently to reduce the porosity of the windings or layers of ePTFE. After compacting, it is contemplated that the compacted stretched fused layers of ePTFE be stabilized over a set temperature and time, such as is described above for stabilizing the fused stretched layers of ePTFE with respect to block 4640. After stabilizing the TEFLON™ tape, “plumbers” tape, or tube may be removed from the ePTFE layers and the ePTFE layers may be removed from the small mandrel.
Moreover, it is contemplated that the large mandrel or small mandrel associated with blocks 4620 and 4640 may be tapered so that the lined ePTFE balloon formed has a tapered profile, such that when inflated, the balloon with expand in size to a first outer diameter at a first position and a different second outer diameter at a different second position. Thus, the large mandrel and the small mandrel may be selected to have a tapered profile so that ePTFE layers have a tapered profile and form lined ePTFE balloon 4520 that when inflated will expand in size to a first outer diameter at first axial distance 4432 from distal end 4414 of the cannula and will expand in size to a different second outer diameter at different second axial distance 4434 from distal end 4414 of the cannula, such as to provide a tapered profile similar to that shown in
At block 4660, the layers of ePTFE may be bonded to a balloon liner to form a lined ePTFE balloon, such as balloon 4520. It can be appreciated that an inner diameter of the compacted stretched fused layers of ePTFE may be chemically modified before bonding to a balloon liner. Specifically, inner diameter 4538 of ePTFE layers 4510 may be modified with a plasma polymerization of acrylic acid or a chemical etch of sodium naphthalene before being bonded to balloon 4420. Moreover, it is considered that bonding may include vulcanizing an inner diameter of the compacted stretched fused layers of ePTFE to a liner having an outer diameter of silicone rubber material. Also, according to some embodiments, bonding may include hydrogen bonding an inner diameter of the compacted stretched fused layers of ePTFE with a balloon liner having an outer diameter of polyurethane material.
Likewise, in embodiments, bonding may include bonding an inner diameter of the compacted stretched fused layers of ePTFE with a balloon liner having an outer diameter of material such as materials described above for forming balloon 4420 or treated of modified with additives, such as additives described above with respect to balloon 4420. Specifically, chemical modifications to an outer diameter of a balloon liner, such as balloon 4420, are considered before bonding the balloon liner to the compacted stretched fused layers of ePTFE.
According to various embodiments, the bonding at block 4660 may include inserting a balloon liner, such as balloon 4420, into the inner diameter of the compacted stretched fused layers of ePTFE, such as into inner diameter 4538 of fused layers of ePTFE 4510. Then, the outer diameter of the compacted stretched fused layers of ePTFE, such as outer diameter 4528 may be constrained with, for example, a TEFLON™ tape, a “plumbers” tape, or a steel tube. Next, the balloon liner, such as balloon 4420, may be inflated to cause an outer diameter of the balloon liner, such as outer diameter 4428, to contact or bond to the inner diameter of the constrained compacted stretched fused layers of ePTFE, such as inner diameter 4538. For example, the balloon liner may be inflated to an inflation pressure of between 10 and 50 psi, such as to approximately 30 psi. Next, it is contemplated that the constrained compacted stretched fused layers of ePTFE, such as layers of ePTFE 4510, may be heated sufficiently to bond the outer diameter of the balloon liner, such as outer diameter 4428, to the inner diameter of the compacted stretched fused layers of ePTFE, such as inner diameter 4538. For example, the layers of ePTFE may be heated such as described with respect to stabilizing the layers of ePTFE with respect to block 4640.
After bonding the liner to the layers of ePTFE, the constraining tape or steel tube can be removed and the resulting lined ePTFE balloon can be attached to a cannula. For example, at block 4670, lined ePTFE balloon 4520 may be attached to cannula 4410 such as by methods for attaching occlusion devices to a cannula as described herein. Specifically, proximal end 4422 or distal end 4424 of balloon 4420 or balloon 4520 may be attached to cannula 4410 using one of an adhesive, a crimping bond, a laser bond, and a heat bond, such as to bond proximal end 4422 or distal end 4422 to surface 4416 of cannula 4410. Moreover, it is contemplated that such bonding may include ultraviolet (UV) light adhesive or UV thermal bonding. Finally, it is considered, that cannula 4410 may be a cannula described herein, such as including a guide catheter, delivery catheter, or guidewire.
Also, in embodiments, occlusion or filter devices 720, 2006, 2104, 4108, 4304 as described herein; balloons 308, 314, 510, 2112, 2204, 2250, 2547, 2647, 3047, 3147, 3522, 3604, 3704, 3804, 3947, 4004, 4420, 4520, 4820, 8810, 9510, 9110, 9210, 9310, 9910, 9920 as described herein; and any other catheter, cannula, tube, sheath, balloon or occlusion device, may be formed of material including a polymer material, such as a polyurethane-silicone blend (e.g., for example, PurSil™), a homopolymer of an olefin, or a co-polymer of an olefin and one or more other material(s). In various embodiments, a filter device, catheter, cannula, tube, sheath, or balloon or occlusion device., may have a coating applied to its inside or outside surface, such as, for example, a hydrophilic coating.
Additionally, in various embodiments, a filter device, catheter, cannula, tube, sheath, balloon or occlusion device., may be made of or include a material that minimizes allergic reactions or provides improved control of expansion outer diameter during inflation and deflation. For instance, such a balloon can be used in a vessel having a diameter range of about four mm to about nine mm diameter. Moreover, such a filter device, balloon, or occlusion device may be designed or formed to have a larger distal outer diameter and a smaller proximal outer diameter when inflated (e.g., be thicker distally in outer diameter when inflated and thinner proximally). Specifically, such a filter device, balloon, or occlusion device may have a conical shape.
In various embodiments, a balloon as mentioned herein may be placed in a blood vessel, such as the coronary sinus or a cardiac vein. For example, a balloon can be advanced to a location in the great cardiac vein, a branch of the great cardiac vein, the middle cardiac vein, the small cardiac vein, or a coronary artery. Thus, the coronary sinus or the cardiac vein may be elastic in nature, so the balloon may prevent vessel hematomas or occlusion of adjacent coronary artery by functioning as a sealer, and not a dilator. In various embodiments, the balloon is very compliant, achieving occlusion at low pressure for a range of vessel sizes. For example, a diameter of the coronary sinus may range from about 6.5 mm to about 11 mm, a diameter of the great cardiac vein may range from about 4.0 mm to about 7.5 mm, and the diameter of a branch of the great cardiac vein may range from about 2.5 mm to about 5.0 mm.
It is also considered that a balloon may be placed in a blood vessel, such as the coronary sinus or a cardiac vein. For example, a balloon described herein may be advanced to a location in the great cardiac vein, a branch of the great cardiac vein, the middle cardiac vein, or the small cardiac vein, or a coronary artery to occlude the vessel before the infusion or retro-infusion of a fluid or treatment agent. In this embodiment, the balloon is able to extend if the vessel is enlarged during the infusion or retro-infusion and maintain occlusion of the vessel.
In some embodiments, a balloon may be made from or include material such as a polyether block amide, a polyetheramide, and mixtures thereof. Similarly, a balloon may be made from or include a polymer having a structure of a regular linear chain of rigid polyamide segments interspaced with flexible polyether segments. In an embodiment, a balloon may be made from or include a polymer or a mixture of two or more of the polymers having the tradename PEBAX® (a registered trademark of ATOCHEM), for example Pebax 63D and 55D, or for example one or more PEBAX® polymers having a Shore D hardness less than 70D. In an embodiment, a balloon as described herein, such as for occluding a blood vessel may be made from or include a polymer or a mixture of two or more of the polymers represented by the formula:
(Where PA represents a polyamide segment, and PEth represents a polyether segment, and “n” represents an integer of at least one.)
In an embodiment, a balloon to be inflated to a selected inflation pressure or volume may occlude a blood vessel at a pressure of about 0.5 to about five atmospheres. In another embodiment, a balloon may achieve a growth rate greater than about 40% while maintaining a pressure below four atmospheres or even below one atmosphere. Here, the balloon pressure is kept low despite an increase in diameter because of the elasticity of the balloon material. In an embodiment, the balloon may have an expanded outer diameter between about 1.5 millimeters (mm) and about 18 mm when inflated. Moreover, the balloon may have a double wall thickness between about 0.0003 and about 0.0038 inches or a minimum hoop strength of at least about 23,000 pounds per square inch (psi). In another embodiment, the balloon may be either heat bonded, laser bonded, shrink tube or wrap bonded, or attached with an adhesive to a catheter, cannula, port, lumen, or tube as described herein.
In some embodiments, a balloon or occlusion device, may be a high compliance low pressure balloon. For example,
Furthermore, according to some embodiments, balloon 4820 may include material or matter having a polymer moiety represented by the formula
wherein PA represents a polyamide moiety, and PEth represents a polyether moiety, and “n” represents an integer of at least one. In addition, according to some embodiments, balloon 4820 may include a thermoplastic blend copolymer material having one of a polyether block amide resin moiety and a polyetheramide moiety. In addition, according to some embodiments, balloon 4820 may be restricted or restrained from expansion or inflation, such as by a sheath (e.g., such as sheath 790 described above for
According to some embodiments, balloon 4820 may have a property such that balloon 4820 will inflate, such as in directions 4886 and 4888 as a result of pressures 4830 and 4832 increasing balloon first volume V1, to an inflated balloon outer second diameter that will occlude a blood vessel. For example,
Consequently, according to some embodiments, balloon 4820 may include a property such that balloon 4820 can achieve a volumetric expansion (e.g., such as by expanding from first volume V1 to second volume V2) of greater than about 40% during inflation. Specifically, balloon 4820 may have a property such that it may inflate according to the growth rate chart of
Furthermore, balloon 4820 may have deflated a double wall thickness between 0.0003 and 0.0038 inches in thickness. For example,
According to some embodiments, balloon 4820 may include a property such that the balloon will deflate, such as in directions 4986 and 4988 as a result of pressures 4930 and 4932 to reduce second volume V2, to a post-inflated deflated balloon outer third diameter. For example,
Furthermore, according to some embodiments, balloon 4820 may include a property such that it has at least three wings before being inflated and after being deflated. For example,
In addition, balloon 4820 includes a property such that the wings of balloon 4820 are subsumed into the outer diameter of balloon 4820 when inflated. For example,
Further, balloon 4820 may include a property such that the balloon will have at least three wings before being inflated and after being deflated, wherein a pre-inflated wing length for each wing is approximately equal to a post-inflated deflated wing length for each wing. For example,
However, according to some embodiments, balloon 4820 may include a property such that an outer diameter point farthest away from the access of cannula 4810 for each wing is approximately 30% greater for the postinflated deflated wing than it is for the preinflated wing. For example,
Therefore, the various configurations of balloon 4820 and lumen 4810 described herein can be used to occlude a blood vessel, such as by using a high compliance low pressure balloon for balloon 4820, as described above. For example,
At block 5420, the balloon is inflated to between 0.5 atmospheres and 5.0 atmospheres of pressure. For example, balloon 4820 may be inflated so that first diameter D1 is increased to second diameter D2, as described above. Also, according to some embodiments, balloon 4820 may be inflated by inflating to an expansion pressure of between two atmospheres in pressure and six atmospheres in pressure applied to an inner diameter of a blood vessel, such as diameter of vessel DV, at a treatment region such as region 4996. Moreover, according to some embodiments, balloon 4820 may be inflated to a predetermined volume (e.g., such as volume V2), a predetermined second diameter in a range between four millimeters and 17 millimeters in diameter (e.g., such as second diameter D2), or a predetermined pressure of between 0.5 atmospheres and six atmospheres in pressure (e.g., such as pressure PR).
At block 5430 the blood vessel is occluded. Specifically, balloon 4820 may be inflated to expand first diameter D1 to second diameter D2 until second diameter D2 approximates an inner diameter of a coronary sinus or a coronary blood vessel of a subject at a treatment region or until second diameter D2 is sufficient to make a pressure waveform of fluid in the coronary sinus or coronary vein become ventricularized, such as is described herein.
At block 5435 a treatment agent is delivered, such as to a treatment region. For example, a treatment agent may include infusion pellets, suspended cells, stem cells, microspheres, blood cells, drugs, or various other appropriate liquids and materials as described herein. Likewise, it is contemplated that such treatment agents may be delivered to treatment region 4996, such as by being delivered as part of or as all of liquid 4980. Note that it is contemplated that balloon 4820 may be inflated or deflated using fluids, including fluids described herein as a treatment agent.
At block 5440 the option of aspirating a treatment region is provided. For example, treatment region 4996 may be aspirated such as by a hole in distal end 4814 of cannula 4810 or via a hole through exterior surface 4816 of cannula 4810 at distal end 4814. Specifically, for instance, liquid 4980 may be aspirated as described above with respect to hole 988 for
At block 5450 balloon 4820 is deflated, such as described herein. For example, balloon 4820 may be deflated to a post inflation deflation volume, such as third volume V3, approximately equal to a preinflated volume, such as first volume V1, of balloon 4820.
At block 5460 cannula 4810 may be retracted, such as to withdraw balloon 4820 back out of vessel 4890 and out of the subject.
In various embodiments, balloon outer diameter sizing (e.g., such as to occlude a blood vessel with a balloon.) is controlled by monitoring factors including venous pressure waveform changes distal to the balloon. For instance, inflation of the balloon may be continued until a waveform becomes ventricularized.
Reference numeral 5602 corresponds to time t2 during which a balloon, such is inflated to occlude the coronary sinus or another blood vessel. The coronary sinus or other blood vessel may be occluded, for example by inflating an occluding balloon or device until the coronary sinus or other blood vessel has a pressure waveform that becomes ventricularized.
Reference numeral 5603, corresponding to time t3 during which a treatment agent, such as described herein, is infused or introduced into the blood vessel and increases the pressure in the vessel to a relatively higher pressure distal to the balloons (or at treatment region 996).
At the conclusion of the infusion period, t3, time t4 referred to by reference numeral 5604, is a period of time where the pressure distal to the balloon is a lower pressure following infusion, even though the coronary sinus or other vessel is still occluded by a balloons or occlusion device.
Reference numeral 5605, refers to time t5, during which the occluding balloon or device is deflated, and the catheter or cannula may be removed so that the perfusion (e.g., such as according to the process described with respect to
In various embodiments, the plot illustrated in
Suitable treatment agents to be used with catheters or cannula include a liquid carrying one or more treatment agents. In another embodiment, a treatment agent or liquid includes one or more drugs or treatment agents, such as is used to prevent reperfusion injury. For instance, according to some embodiments, a treatment agent may be or include a liquid having one or more antibodies, for example, the antibodies against CD 11/18, P-selectin, L-selectin, ICAM, or VCAM. In another embodiment, the liquid includes IGF-I, estrogen, or GIK solution. In another embodiment, the liquid includes drugs like adenosine or its isoforms, Na/H exchangers, or Na/K exchangers. In another embodiment, the liquid can include cells, for example, cardiomyocites or multi-potent or ologo-potent cells like stem cells or progenitor cells. Also, the liquid may include angiogenic cells, or other types of structural cells like skeletal or smooth muscle cells. In another embodiment the liquid includes biological agents or genes, for example, VEGF, FGF, or HGF. In another embodiment, liquid includes one or more of the following: Calpain I, insulin, adenosine, antioxidants, glutathione peroxidase, vitamin E (alpha tocopherol), Na+-H+ exchange inhibitors, caroporide (HOE 642), agents that open KATP channels, nitric oxide (NO), endothelin receptor antagonists, tetrahydrobiopterin, statins, sevoflurane, propofol, pinacidil, morphine, verapamil, and blends or mixtures thereof.
In an embodiment, a pressure increasing device may be attached to fitting 2632 at proximal end 2626 of catheter 2620 (e.g., see
In another embodiment, a suitable pressure increasing device is illustrated in
In operation, user (not shown) may activate pump 5800 by pressing button 5810. Pressing button 5810 causes micro-controller 5805 to activate, which in turn activates motor driver chip 5812 which sends a current from batteries 5809 to motor 5804. This causes motor 5804 to rotate, sending a rotational motion and force through coupler 5803 to lead screw 5802. Rotating lead screw 5802 causes non-rotating threaded coupling and plunger 5801 to advance or retract, depending on the rotation of motor 5804 and lead screw 5802. Advancing plunger 5801 causes an increase in pressure and a decrease in volume in reservoir 5814 causing fluid or gas stored in reservoir 5814 to be forced through nozzle 5816 and into outlet 5818. In various embodiments, to maintain a suitable pressure, pressure feedback from the patient may be received into pump 5800 through pressure measurement connection 5808, which pressure information is fed to micro-controller 5805, which activates motor driver chip 5812, to activate motor 5804 to increase pressure, or to deactivate motor 5804 to allow pressure to drop, or to reverse the direction of motor 5804 to decrease pressure.
Another suitable pressure increasing device is illustrated in
In operation, pump 5900 may be activated by a user (not shown) by button 5910, which activates micro-controller 5905, which activates motor driver chip 5912, which in turn activates motor 5904, by sending a current from batteries 5909 to motor 5904. Motor 5904 rotates coupler 5903, which rotates lead screw 5902 to advance or retract non-rotating threaded coupling 5924, which serves to advance or retract syringe head 5940, respectively. If syringe head 5940 is advanced, plunger 5901 is also advanced towards the distal end of handle 5932 which serves to increase the pressure and decrease the volume of reservoir 5914, which forces fluid or gas stored in reservoir 5914 through nozzle 5916 and into outlet 5918. If syringe head 5940 is pulled towards proximal end of handle 5932, then the pressure in reservoir 5914 is lowered, and the volume in reservoir 5914 is increased, and fluid may be pulled from outlet 5918 through nozzle 5916 and into reservoir 5914. In various embodiments, a pressure measurement from the patient may be delivered into pump 5900 through pressure measurement connection 5908, which information is fed to micro-controller 5905 then into motor driver chip 5912 which is used to control motor 5904 to advance or retract syringe head 5940 to raise or lower pressure in reservoir 5914, respectively.
Referring now to
Referring now to
Referring now to
Referring now to
Note that it is contemplated that the process described above with respect to
In another embodiment, a catheter may be used to locally administer a treatment or therapeutic agent. Copending U.S. Application having Ser. No. 10/246,249 filed on Sep. 18, 2002 discloses suitable treatment agents and suitable methods of administering the treatment agents. Copending U.S. Application having Ser. No. 10/246,249 filed on Sep. 18, 2002 is herein incorporated by reference in its entirety. U.S. Pat. No. 6,346,098, issued to Yock et al., discloses a suitable method of locally administering a treatment agent. U.S. Pat. No. 6,346,098, issued to Yock et al., is herein incorporated by reference in its entirety.
Note that all embodiments of devices, apparatus, methods, or processes described herein are contemplated to include treatment including by one or more balloons, occlusion devices, or filter devices (e.g., such as balloon 2647, 3147, 3522, 3947, 2547, 3047, 3604, 3704, 3804, 4004, 308, 2204, 2250, 2112, 314, 510, 4420, 4520, 4620, 4820, 8810, 9510, 9110, 9210, 9310, 9910, 9920, or other balloons or occlusion devices.) that may have an outer diameter that is volume controlled (e.g., see balloon 8810) or pressure controlled (e.g., see balloons 4520, 4620, and 4820) to expand to, occlude, or filter fluid in a blood vessel (e.g., such as an artery or vein of a human being). For example, an outer diameter may be volume controlled by controlling the amount of inflation volume of a gas (e.g., such as air, carbon dioxide, or a gas having a fluoroscopy contrast agent) or a liquid (e.g., such as water, saline solution, or a fluid having a fluoroscopy contrast agent) used to inflate the occlusion device. Specifically, an inflation volume may be incrementally increased by a selected volume amount over a range of total inflation volume to cause the outer diameter of an occlusion balloon to incrementally increase by a predictable amount for each incremental increase in volume. Thus, equal or unequal incremental increases in inflation volume can be used to cause equal or unequal increases in occlusion device outer diameter, over a desired total diameter range.
For instance, according to some embodiments, additional inflation fluid volume does not increase pressure because the high compliance balloon grows in outer diameter. Furthermore, according to some embodiments, when the outer diameter reaches a constraint, such as the inner diameter of a blood vessel as described herein, the balloon has a property, dimension, or is configured such that additional inflation fluid volume does not increase pressure or force in a direction perpendicular to the outer diameter (e.g., such as in a direction towards the inner diameter of the blood vessel), because the high compliance balloon grows in an axial direction within the blood vessel. It is also contemplated that when the outer diameter of the balloon reaches a constraint, additional inflation fluid volume will increase pressure or force in a direction perpendicular to the outer diameter of the balloon, but not appreciably. Specifically, in accordance with an embodiment, additional inflation fluid volume will increase pressure or force in a direction perpendicular to the outer diameter of the balloon by a non appreciable amount, such as by between zero and 10 percent increase in pressure (e.g., where the pressure in a direction perpendicular to the outer diameter of the balloon may be equal to the inflation pressure withing the balloon).
For example,
According to some embodiments, balloon 8810 may have a property such that when inflated to a plurality of selected increasing inflation volumes, balloon 8810 forms a plurality of predictably increasing radial outer diameters, and has an inflation pressure that increases by less than five percent in pressure while being inflated to the plurality of selected increasing inflation volumes.
Moreover, balloon 8810 may be is adapted to inflate to an outer diameter in a range of about 2 mm to about 20 mm, such as to occlude a blood vessel having an inner diameter in a range of between 1.5 mm and 19.5 mm. Specifically, balloon 8810 may selected or inflated by a sufficient inflation volume or pressure to inflate to an outer diameter approximately 0.5 mm greater than the inner diameter of the blood vessel it is to occlude. Thus, balloon 8810 may inflate to an outer diameter of about 2 mm to occlude a blood vessel having an inner diameter of about 1.5 mm, and may inflate to an outer diameter of about 20 mm to occlude a blood vessel having an inner diameter of about 19.5 mm.
Also shown in
Thus, according to some embodiments, balloon 8810 may be inflated with a plurality of selected increasing inflation volumes increasing from zero to 2.0 cubic centimeters. In some cases, balloon 8810 may be inflated with a plurality of selected increasing inflation volumes that including increasing inflation volume from 0.05 cubic centimeters to 0.2 cubic centimeters by steps of additional controlled volumes in increments of between 0.005 cubic centimeters in volume and 0.05 cubic centimeters in volume (e.g., such as 0.01 cubic centimeters in volume), to form a plurality of predictably increasing outer diameters that increase to an outer diameter between 1.25 millimeters and 18 millimeters in diameter, by steps of between 0.2 millimeters and 0.4 millimeters increase in diameter. For instance, balloon 8810 may be inflated by selected increasing inflation volumes to cause the outer diameter to increase to a plurality of predictably increasing outer diameters that are equally spaced increments in diameter between 0.2 millimeters and 0.4 millimeters, such as to increase outer diameter by 0.25 millimeters for each selected increasing inflation volume until balloon 8810 is inflated to an outer diameter sufficient to occlude a blood vessel. It is also considered that balloon 8810 may be inflated with an inflation pressure of between 0.5 atmospheres and six atmospheres in pressure, such as to reach a sufficient outer diameter to occlude a blood vessel. Additionally,
In addition, fourth inflation pressure BRP4 may be an inflation pressure of between one atmosphere and six atmosphere in pressure, such as a pressure between three atmosphere and four atmosphere, or between four atmosphere and five atmosphere in pressure. Note, fourth inflation pressure BRP4 may be within five percent of any of inflation pressures BRP1 through BRP3, thus any of inflation pressures BRP1 through BRP3 may also be between one atmosphere and six atmosphere in pressure, or may in fact be equal to fourth inflation pressure BRP4. Further, according to some embodiments, BRP3 or BRP4 may be a pressure sufficient to occlude the blood vessel without radially expanding the blood vessel appreciable, such as by expanding the blood vessel by less than five or ten percent in outer diameter.
Also, according to some embodiments, balloon 8810 may include a property such that when inflated to a first inflation volume (e.g., such as third inflation volume BRV3) balloon 8810 has a first inflated axial length (e.g., such as third length BRL3) and an outer diameter (e.g., such as third diameter BRD3) of the balloon exerts a first inflation pressure (e.g., such as third inflation pressure BRP3) on an inner diameter of a blood vessel (e.g., such as blood vessel 990) sufficient to occlude the blood vessel at a treatment region (e.g., such as treatment region 996). Moreover, when inflated to a second greater inflation volume (e.g., such as fourth inflation volume BRV4) balloon 8810 has a second inflated axial length (e.g., such as fourth length BRL4) that is sufficiently greater than the first inflated axial length (e.g., such as third length BRL3) to allow the outer diameter of the balloon (e.g., fourth diameter BRD4) of the balloon to exert a second inflation pressure (e.g., such as fourth inflation pressure BRP4) on the inner diameter of the blood vessel (e.g., such as blood vessel 990) that is less than appreciable, such as by being less than five percent greater than the first inflated pressure (e.g., such as third inflation pressure BRP3). Specifically, as shown in
To design a balloon that limits fourth inflation pressure BRP4 as described above consideration or selection of the following may be made: a deflated length of the balloon, a target inflated outer diameter of the balloon, the diameter and characteristics of the cannula, deflated balloon diameter, balloon wall thickness, type of inflation gas or liquid, type of balloon material, diameters of the plurality of predictably increasing radial balloon outer diameters, volumes of the plurality of selected increasing balloon inflation volumes, inner diameter of the blood vessel at the treatment region, blood or fluid flow pressure in the blood vessel proximate to the balloon, inflation pressure of the balloon during occlusion, actual outer diameter of the balloon in the blood vessel during occlusion, and other appropriate considerations such as those described herein.
For instance, first length BRL1 may be selected between eight and 10 millimeters in length for a balloon to have a final radial outer diameter of 3.25 millimeters (e.g., such as if fourth diameter BRD4 were equal to 3.25 millimeters). Similarly, a first length BRL1 of between five and six millimeters may be selected for a balloon to have a final radial outer diameter of 4.25 millimeters (e.g., such as a fourth diameter BRD4 of 4.25 millimeters). Also, in an embodiment, balloon 8810 may have a preinflated outer diameter (e.g., such as first diameter BRD1) of between one millimeter and three millimeters in diameter, and inflated outer diameter (e.g., such as fourth diameter BRD4) of between four millimeters and seven millimeters at an inflation pressure (e.g., such as fourth inflation pressure BRP4) of between three atmosphere and four atmosphere in pressure, while having an inflated axial length that increases with increasing inflation volume (e.g., such as third length BRL3 increasing to fourth length BRL4 with third inflation volume BRV3 increasing to fourth inflation volume BRV4) to allow the balloon to occlude a blood vessel (e.g., such as blood vessel 990) while the balloon inflated outer diameter (e.g., such as fourth diameter BRD4) maintains an inflation pressure (e.g., such as fourth inflation pressure BRP4) of between three atmosphere and four atmosphere pressure on an inner diameter of the blood vessel (e.g., such as on an inner diameter of blood vessel 990 at treatment region 996).
Furthermore, balloon 8810 may be designed to inflate by select increasing inflation volumes to a total inflation volume which is greater than, or oversized as compared to, an inner diameter of a blood vessel, such as by being greater than an inner diameter of a blood vessel by a selected diameter. Specifically, referring to
Examples of balloon 8810 contemplated include a balloon having an inflated outer diameter (e.g., such as fourth diameter BRD4) of between 1.25 millimeters and 12 millimeters in diameter (e.g., such as if fourth diameter BRD4 were between four millimeters and seven millimeters in diameter), and an inflated length that increases in inflated length by a total length of up to 15 millimeters (e.g., such as by increasing by a total increased length of BRLI1 plus BRL12). Specifically, in accordance with embodiments, balloon 8810 may having an inflated length that increases in inflated length by a total length that is inversely proportional to the preinflated length of the balloon. For instance, as shown in
In a second example balloon 8810 may have first diameter BRD1 of 1.3 millimeters at first inflation pressure BRP1 below one atmosphere in pressure, and fourth diameter BRD4 between four millimeters and seven millimeters at fourth inflation pressure BRP4 of between three atmosphere and four atmosphere in pressure. Specifically, in this case, balloon 8810 may have an inner diameter of 0.044 inches and a wall thickness of 0.003 inches when deflated, such as when at first inflation volume BRV1.
In another instance, balloon 8810 may have first diameter BRD1 of 1.3 millimeters and be designed to expand to fifth diameter BRD5 of 14 millimeters when inflated to fourth inflation pressure BRP4 of between one and six atmosphere in pressure, without balloon 8810 bursting or permanently deforming. In other words, balloon 8810 may expand to several times its original diameter under low pressure (e.g., such as fourth inflation pressure BRP4 of less than six atmosphere in pressure) and then return to its original low profile dimension upon inflation volume release (e.g., such as by returning to first diameter BRD1 upon reducing inflation volume from fourth inflation volume BRV4 to first inflation volume BRV1). Thus, balloon 8810 may return to almost its original size upon or after deflation. For example, after inflation, balloon 8810 may return to an outer diameter that is within 10 percent of its preinflated diameter (e.g., such as within 10 percent of first diameter BRD1), an axial length within 10 percent of its preinflated axial length (e.g., such as within 10 percent of first length BRL1), and a wall thickness of within five percent of its preinflated wall thickness. Additionally, according to some embodiments, balloon 8810 may include a property such that during deflation it forms a plurality of decreasing radial outer diameters, such as by forming radial outer diameters third diameter BRD3, second diameter BRD2, and first diameter BRD1 during deflation from fourth inflation volume BRV4 back down to first inflation volume BRV1.
Furthermore, according to some embodiments, balloon 8810 may be made of or include a balloon material having one or more of a block copolymer of polyether and polyester (e.g., such as a polyester sold under the trademark Hytrel® of DUPONT COMPANY), a biocompatible polymer such as a polyether block amide resin (e.g., for instance, PEBAX® of ATOCHEM CORPORATION), a styrene isoprene styrene (SIS), styrene butadiene styrene (SBS), styrene ethylene butylene styrene (SEBS), polyetherurethane, ethyl propylene, ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA), ethylene methacrylic acid, ethylene methyl acrylate, and ethylene methyl acrylate acrylic acid. It is also contemplated that balloon 8810 may include a material from a material family of one of styrenic block copolymers and polyurethanes; or a melt processible polymer. Balloon 8810 may also include a low durometer material, such as a material to allow the walls or outer diameter of balloon 8810 to gently occlude a blood vessel during infusion of therapeutic agents such as stem cells, genes, adenovirus, progenitor cells, and other treatment agents as described herein.
It is to be appreciated that balloon 8810 may be formed by melt extruding a material, such as balloon material described above, into a tube to form a balloon, and then bonding the balloon or tube to a cannula, such as a catheter or cannula 8802. For example, a balloon or tube as described above can be bonded by laser, heat, shrink tube, or adhesive bonding to a catheter or cannula. Specifically, according to some embodiments, a tube or balloon may be shrink tube bonded to cannula 8802 such as at proximal attachment 8809 and distal attachment 8811 so that exterior surface of balloon 8810 forms symmetrical shapes with respect to an axis of cannula 8802 when balloon 8810 is inflated over a range of inflation volumes. For example, shrink tube bonding may be used to bond balloon 8810 to cannula 8802 so that when the balloon is inflated from first inflation volume BRV1 to fourth inflation volume BRV4, balloon 8810 forms a plurality of symmetrical shapes, such as first shape 8820, second shape 8822, third shape 8824, and fourth shape 8826 during inflation. More particularly, such shrink tube bonding may include an even or straight perpendicular radial bond of a balloon or balloon tube to a cannula with respect to an axis of the cannula to effect a symmetrical inflation of the balloon over a range of selected inflation volumes as mentioned herein. Hence, cannula 8802 may function as one or more of a guide catheter, a delivery catheter, and a guidewire catheter; while balloon 8810 may inflate to expand in size to an outer diameter in a range of between one millimeter and 15 millimeters in diameter, such as to occlude a blood vessel injuring treatment infusion to a treatment region of the blood vessel.
According to some embodiments, a balloon high compliance balloon, such as balloon 8810, may be heat bonded, laser bonded, shrink tube bonded, or attached with an adhesive to a cannula, such as cannula 8802 (e.g., or cannula 9502 as shown in
Hence, a balloon may have a balloon outer diameter growth rate that changes in correlation to a percentage change in the inflation volume of gas or fluid (e.g., such as fluoroscopy contrast media) within the balloon. For instance, it is possible to design a high compliance balloon formed of a material and by a process as described herein, having a length of between two millimeters and 20 millimeters, and a double wall thickness between about 0.0003 inches and about 0.0038 inches, such that an outer diameter of the balloon can inflate from one millimeter when deflated to 18 millimeters when inflated without bursting or permanently deforming.
Specifically, a high compliance balloon formed of PEBAX 63D can be designed to have a deflated outer diameter and length to achieve a growth rate greater than about 40% while maintaining an inflation pressure that increases by less than five percent. For instance,
Note that although
Hence, a balloon (e.g., such as balloon 8810) can be used with a cannula or catheter (e.g., such as cannula 8802) that has a dimension suitable for percutaneous advancement through a blood vessel to infuse a treatment agent (e.g., such as biological agents) into a treatment region, such as arterial vessels or venous vessels. For example,
Balloon 9510 is axially connected to exterior surface 9508 of cannula 9502 at proximal coupling 9509 and distal coupling 9511, at or adjacent distal end 9506. Balloon 9510 may be a balloon, occlusion device, or filter device such as balloon 2647, 3147, 3522, 3947, 2547, 3047, 3604, 3704, 3804, 4004, 308, 2204, 2250, 2112, 314, 4520, 4620, 4820, 8810, or other balloons or occlusion devices. For example, balloon 9510 may be a balloon including a property such that when inflated to a selected inflation volume the balloon will expand in size to an outer diameter sufficient to occlude a blood vessel as described herein. In one example, balloon 9510 may be a high-compliance balloon made of a low durometer material or it may function similarly to balloon 8810 as described herein.
In addition, cannula 9502 may have infusion lumen 9520 extending from proximal end 9504 to distal end 9506 and exiting infusion opening 9522 distal to balloon 9510. Furthermore, cannula 9502 may also include accessory lumen 9530 extending from proximal end 9504 to distal end 9506 and exiting accessory opening 9532 distal to balloon 9510.
Thus, according to some embodiments, infusion lumen 9520 or accessory lumen 9530 may be adapted to have a guidewire, such as guidewire 9533 disposed therethrough to guide cannula 9502 through a blood vessel (e.g., such as blood vessel 990) to a treatment region (e.g., such as treatment region 996). For instance, infusion lumen 9520 or accessory lumen 9530 may be adapted to have a guidewire disposed therethrough to guide cannula 9502 to a location in a blood vessel with respect to delivery catheter 310 as shown and described with respect to
Also, accessory lumen 9530 may have an inner diameter that is greater than between 0.01 inches and 0.5 inches in diameter, such as an inner diameter capable of accommodating a guidewire having a diameter of at least 0.01 inches. Furthermore, lumen 9530 may be used to infuse a treatment agent to a treatment region, or to aspirate fluids from a treatment region (e.g., see hole 988 of
It is also contemplated that accessory lumen 9530 may have a dimension suitable to allow for several usages including continuous guidewire access during an infusion process to maintain the location of cannula 9502, to monitor pressure distal to balloon 9510, to allow for accessibility of other accessories to a location distal to balloon 9510. For example, accessory lumen 9530 may allow for accessibility of a flow and pressure wire to measure distal flow and pressure, or other types of sensor wires to make measurements in a location of a blood vessel distal to balloon 9510. Specifically, accessory lumen 9530 may have a dimension suitable to allow a device to be connected to a proximal end of the accessory lumen, such as at proximal access lumen port 9554, or for a device to be disposed through accessory lumen 9530 to measure one of chronic renal failure (CRF), electrocardiogram (EKG), oxygen level, pressure, flow, blood sampling, or temperature, such as at treatment region 996. Moreover, it is contemplated that accessory lumen 9530 may be used to measure or to receive a device to measure various other physiological parameters, such as at treatment region 996 distal to balloon 9510.
According to some embodiments infusion lumen 9520 or accessory lumen 9530 may each include a surrounding material, sleeve, cannula or lumen, such as by being constructed with composite tube. For example, the composite tube may include a braid or coil reinforced polyamide or polymer tube. Thus, infusion lumen 9520 or accessory lumen 9530 may include a reinforced tube, to prevent catheter or lumen (e.g., such as lumen 9502) kinking. Note, that composite accessory or infusion lumen such as described above with respect to balloon section 9511, third section 9558 and fourth section 9559 also help maintain lumen roundness.
Infusion lumen 9520 or accessory lumen 9530 may be adapted to receive a guidewire or have a guidewire disposed therein and exiting a proximal opening at proximal end 9506 (e.g., such as opening 9532 or opening 9522), so that cannula 9502 can be used in an over-the-wire fashion, or have the guidewire removed therefrom. It is also considered that infusion lumen 9520 or accessory lumen 9530 may have a proximal opening, such as port 9554 or 9552 located proximal to balloon 9510 and within 35 centimeters of the distal end of cannula 9502 such that cannula 9502 can be used in rapid exchange fashion.
Moreover, according to some embodiments balloon 9510 may have a property such that when inflated to a plurality of increasing inflation volumes, the balloon forms a plurality of increasing radial outer diameters, and has an inflation pressure that increases by less than five percent in pressure over the range of the increasing inflation volumes. For example,
Cannula 9502 may further include balloon inflation lumen 9540 extending from proximal end 9504 to balloon 9510 and exiting and inflation opening (not shown) within balloon 9510. Balloon inflation lumen 9540 and the inflation opening may have a diameter sufficient to inflate and deflate balloon 9510 as described herein, such as by having a diameter of between 0.01 inches and 0.02 inches in diameter. Also, infusion lumen 9520 may have an inner diameter that is at least 0.015 inches in diameter. In addition, balloon inflation lumen 9540 may be connected to an inflation device or syringe to inflate balloon 9510 as described herein.
It is also to be appreciated that cannula 9502 may include additional cannula or lumen extending through cannula 9502, such as from proximal end 9504 to distal end 9506, or otherwise as described herein. Moreover, according to some embodiments, each of infusion lumen 9520, accessory lumen 9530, inflation lumen 9540, or other lumen described herein may include or have its own sleeving, cannula, or other surrounding material or structure having a dimension to fit within the surrounding cannula in which the lumen is disposed or extending through. For example, each of infusion lumen 9520, accessory lumen 9530, and inflation lumen 9540 may include an independent sleeve of material extending through cannula 9502 (e.g., such as by fitting within cannula 9502 and restricted to the dimension of cannula 9502 as described herein) and function with that sleeving.
In addition, as shown in
As shown in
According to some embodiments luer adaptor may have a dimension suitable to allow a first volume of treatment agent to be infused to a treatment region, to allow a second volume of blood and treatment agent to be aspirated from the treatment region (e.g., see hole 988 of
For example, the distal end of cannula 9502 may have a soft tip having a plurality of compliant tubes, lumen, sub-cannula with extended portions extending past the distal end of the cannula, where the extended portions are bound together by a compliant material wrap. Specifically, for example, as shown in fourth section 9559 of
Also, according to some embodiments, cannula 9502 may have support mandrel 9560 disposed within the cannula and exiting or ending at proximal end 9504 and extending proximal to, within the length of, or distal to balloon 9510. Specifically, mandrel 9560 may extend to balloon 9510 such as shown by balloon section 9511 and may or may not extend past balloon 9510, such as shown by third cross section 958. Thus, mandrel 9560 may extend through third section 9558 to support apparatus 9500 through the third section, where exterior surface 9508 or cannula 9502 may not exist through the third section. It is also contemplated that support mandrel 9560 may have a partial length, such as beginning at proximal end 9504 or beginning distal to proximal end 9504 and extending to the midpoint between proximal end 9504 and distal end 9506, a point along first section 9556, or a point along second section 9557. In addition, as a marker band, shrink wrap, infused material, extruded material, laser-bonded material, heat-bonded material, or other material or wrap may be used to couple, attach, or connect mandrel 9560, accessory lumen 9530, or infusion lumen 9520 within balloon section 9511. For example, as described below, a radio-opaque marker band, material infused from third section 9558, or material that is included in third section 9558 may extend through a portion or all of balloon section 9511 to connected together or be a part of inflation lumen 9540, accessory lumen 9530, infusion lumen 9520, or support mandrel 9560.
It is also considered that where materials described above with respect to third section 9558 extend into balloon section 9511, materials included in or used to form fourth section 9559 may also exist or form components of the structure within balloon section 9511 or third section 9558 as described herein.
Moreover, according to some embodiments, mandrel 9560 may have various cross-sectional shapes, such as a circle, oval, square, rectangle, or other polygon or curved cross-sectional shape as mandrel 9560 extends through cannula 9502. For example, mandrel 9560 may have outer diameter MOD1 which is constant, or which reduces with extension of the mandrel from proximal end 9504 toward distal end 9506. For example, mandrel 9560 may have a constant outer diameter MOD1 of less than 0.017 inches in diameter. Alternately, mandrel 9560 may have proximal outer diameter MOD1 that begins with less than 0.017 inches at proximal end 9504 and steps down to a plurality of lesser outer diameters that end with a distal diameter of the MOD2 between 0.012 inches and 0.003 inches in diameter such as shown in
In addition, it is contemplated that support mandrel 9560 may be anchored or attached to a proximal adaptor such as luer adaptor 9550, cannula 9502 at proximal end 9504, as well as cannula 9502 within the length of balloon 9510, such as where the balloon is connected to the exterior surface of the cannula. It is also contemplated that support mandrel 9510 may only be attached at one or none of the locations identified above.
Support mandrel 9560 may be used to add stiffness to or reinforce catheter 9520, such as to prevent the catheter from kinking. Support mandrel 9560 may include one or more of titanium, nickel-titanium (NiTi), stainless steel, a plastic, a polymer, a polyether block amide resin having a durometer hardness of about 50 to about 70 shore D, a polyimide, a polyethylene, or other suitable materials or metals, such as those having a sufficient stiffness to pre-vent the cannula from kinking. For example, support mandrel 9560 may extend from proximal end 9504 to a location distal to proximal coupling 9517 to prevent or reduce the possibility of cannula 9502 from kinking when the cannula is not supported by a guidewire, such as is a guidewire used during insertion of cannula 9502 is removed from accessory lumen 9530 and accessory lumen 9530 is used to monitor parameters at a treatment region.
Note that material coupling infusion lumen 9520, accessory lumen 9530, mandrel 9560, or inflation lumen 9540 in balloon section 9511 may also be coupled to or may include cannula 9502, such as in embodiments where cannula 9502 extends through balloon section 9511. It may be appreciated that one or more marker bands, polymer sheaths, on other materials may be mounted around all tubes, mandrel, lumens, or cannula running through balloon 9510, or can be mounted over single components thereof. Thus, if a marker band is mounted over a single component, a polymer sheath may be added to bundle together more than one of the components identified above, such as within the length of balloon 9510. Specifically, a polymer sheath may bundle together cannula 9502, inflation lumen 9540, mandrel 9560, or accessory lumen 9530 at a point along the length of balloon 9510 (e.g., such as where balloon 9510 is coupled coupled to exterior surface 9508). According to an embodiment, balloon inflation lumen 9540 may extend through exterior surface 9508 and to balloon 9510, and marker band 9570 may be attached to cannula 9502 at the location that balloon inflation lumen 9540 exits to balloon 9510 at an inflation opening. Thus, placement of marker band 9570 may assist in bonding of balloon inflation lumen 9540 to cannula 9502, may create a more resilient bond, and may protect the inflation opening.
According to some embodiments, apparatus 9500 may include at least one radio-opaque marker band. For example,
According to some embodiments, lengths, diameters, materials, and other characteristics of cannula 9502, infusion lumen 9520, accessory lumen 9530, inflation lumen 9540, mandrel 9560, balloon 9510, or other components mentioned with respect to
Another example of a cannula or catheter that has a dimension suitable for percutaneous advancement through a blood vessel to infuse a treatment agent (e.g., such as biological agents) into a treatment region, such as arterial vessels or venous vessels is a cannula having coaxial or co-linear lumen extending therethrough. For example,
Infusion tube 9122 is disposed around guidewire tube 9132 and extends from proximal end 9104 to distal end 9106 and exist infusion opening 9123. Also shown, infusion tube 9122 includes infusion lumen 9120.
It is to be appreciated that inflation lumen 9140 extends to balloon 9110 and has a dimension suitable to inflate balloon 9110. Similarly, infusion tube 9122 has an outer diameter sufficient to infuse a treatment agent, such as treatment agents described herein, to a treatment region distal to balloon 9110. Next, guidewire tube 9132 has a sufficient outer diameter and be adapted to have a guidewire disposed therethrough to guide cannula 9102 through a blood vessel to a treatment region, such with respect to guiding cannula or catheters (e.g., such as cannula 9502) to a treatment region of a blood vessel.
As shown in
It is to be appreciated that inflation tube 9240 extends to balloon 9210 and has a dimension suitable to inflate balloon 9210. Similarly, infusion lumen 9220 has an outer diameter sufficient to infuse a treatment agent, such as treatment agents described herein, to a treatment region distal to balloon 9210. Next, guidewire tube 9232 has a sufficient outer diameter and be adapted to have a guidewire disposed therethrough to guide cannula 9202 through a blood vessel to a treatment region, such with respect to guiding cannula or catheters to a treatment region of a blood vessel.
It is also contemplated that cannula 9202 may have an exterior surface that forms a circular cross-section with respect to perspective “A” where balloon 9210 is axially coupled to the exterior surface of cannula 9202. Similarly, it is contemplated that infusion tube 9222 may be coupled or attached to the exterior surface of guidewire tube 9232 at a location or along locations distal to balloon 9210, such as adjacent to or at the distal end of cannula 9202.
Moreover, according to some embodiments, none, any, or all of guidewire tube 9132, infusion tube 9122, inflation lumen 9140, guidewire tube 9232, infusion lumen 9220, inflation tube 9240, guidewire tube 9332, infusion lumen 9320, or inflation lumen 9340 may include or have its own sleeving, cannula, or other surrounding material or structure having a dimension to fit within the surrounding cannula in which the lumen is disposed or extending through, such with respect to lumen 9520 at
Additionally, because of it's structure, apparatus 9100, 9200, and 9300 may track better in tortuous vasculature than cannula or catheters that do not have lumen coaxially or co-linearly located. In addition, a coaxial or co-linearly constructed catheters can be easier to fabricate. For instance, various processes may be used to form apparatus 9100, 9200, or 9300 of
A process for forming apparatus 9100, 9200, or 9300 of
Next, a process for forming apparatuses 9100, 9200, or 9300 of
It is also considered that a process for forming apparatus 9100, 9200, or 9300 of
For example,
Some embodiments of inflation device or syringes contemplated for use with apparatus, cannula, and catheters, described herein (e.g., including apparatus 9100, 9200, 9300, 9500 of
Large volume syringe 9720 is shown having barrel 9702 which forms an elongated hollow body proximal end 9704, and distal end 9706. Barrel 9702 of apparatus 9700 is shown cut away in the travel region of the outer plunger 9703. Outer plunger 9703 incorporates one or more seals on piston 9707, which do not allow fluid/air flow between the outer diameter (OD) of the outer plunger 9703 and the inner diameter (ID) of barrel 9702 in the area where they form a seal. The lumen/ID of the barrel 9702 is in communication with the output extension tube 9714 and pressure gage 9705, such that as outer plunger 9703 is translated distally, fluid may be expelled out of the extension tube 9714 and the pressure applied to the fluid may be measured. The distal end of extension tube 9714 is terminated in a male Luer Lock connector 9716. Thus, large volume syringe 9720 has an opening in the distal end to couple to a proximal exit of a cannula, such as by coupling male Luer Lock connector 9716 to a lumen in a cannula. More particularly, embodiments of apparatus 9700 and 9800 may attach to delivery catheter 2620 or catheter system 3000, such as by coupling male Luer Lock connector 9716 to fitting 2640 as shown in
The position of the outer plunger 9703 in the barrel 9702 may be locked into position or unlocked to move freely by actuating outer plunger lock 9708. Outer plunger lock 9708 is on the proximal end of the barrel 9702 and can have many configurations. The simplest configuration is a pressure/force engagement of the proximal portion of plunger 9703 with sufficient force and material coefficient of friction to hold plunger 9703 in place when the lock 9708 is engaged. For example, the basic mechanism can be the similar to lock/unlock mechanisms for use on balloon inflation devices, indeflators and syringes.
According to some embodiments, outer plunger 9703 is longitudinally slidable within barrel 9702 and has a first shaft with first piston 9707 disposed on the first shaft distal end. In accordance with embodiments, first piston 9707 and the shaft have elongated hollow inner diameter 9740 with inner plunger 9709 longitudinally slidable within the inner diameter. Inner plunger 9740 has a second shaft with second piston 9710 disposed on the second shaft distal end. Therefore, the inner diameter and second plunger define low volume syringe 9750 having a volume relatively substantially less than a volume of large volume syringe 9720.
For example, low volume syringe 9750 is may communicate with the draw volume of internal volume of large volume syringe 9720 in barrel 9702 distal to plunger 9707. For example, outer plunger 9703 is a hollow construction in which inner plunger 9709 resides. Inner plunger 9709 may contain seals 9710 which perform the same function for the inner plunger 9709 and the ID of the outer plunger 9703 as seals 9707 do for the outer plunger 9703 and the ID of the barrel 9702. In its most distal travel position, the distal end of the inner plunger 9709 aligns with or is very close to the distal end of the outer plunger 9703. If the distal position of the inner plunger 9709 is too far proximal of the distal end of the outer plunger 9703, then it is possible that air could get trapped in the ID of the outer plunger 9703 that is distal to the distal end of the inner plunger 9709. As previously explained, trapped air is not desirable and should be avoided in these applications. In one design, the ID of the barrel 9702 is designed such that it can accommodate a significant protrusion of the inner plunger 9709 distal to the distal end of the outer plunger 9703 and distal to the seals 9710.
Also, apparatus 9700 may include one or more lock mechanisms to lock the plunger of each syringe so that a user can selects whether the plunger is free or constrained to move in response to the rotation of its threads or a lock can be used to engage the plunger surface(s) with sufficient friction to prevent accidental plunger motion (in this case the threads aren't really needed to provide the mechanical advantage to more easily produce high pressures, since the pressures are to be low), the plunger handle configuration modified to make accidental motion less likely (i.e. from a “T” shape to a more round shape). As shown in
The maximum proximal travel position of the inner plunger is constrained to limit the amount of fluid that may be drawn into the ID of outer plunger 9703 (or alternatively or in addition to limit the minimum protrusion of the distal end of the inner plunger 9709 into the ID of barrel 9702). Many mechanisms are commonly used to accomplish this, the most common utilize OD or cross-section changes of the plunger 9709 (or the ID of the outer plunger 9703) to interfere with portions of the device that it must translate through, such as the lock 9711. (A similar method may be used to constrain the proximal travel of the outer plunger 9703.) The limiting of plunger 9703 or 9709 travel sets the fluid displacement allowed for that plunger. In a design for a compliant balloon, the displacement set for inner plunger 9709 is the maximum incremental injection that can be safely injected into the catheter to incrementally inflate the balloon or less. This is an important safety feature.
In addition, according to some embodiments, the proximal end of the outer plunger 9703 may contain a mechanism to allow the selection of different proximal travels of inner plunger 9709 and, thus allow a single inflation/deflation device to safely operate catheters with different inflation or deflation volumes. Alternately or in addition, the previously mentioned proximal travel limit (used to initially limit the inflation of a compliant balloon) may be removed (a distal limit may be added) and the inner plunger 9709 may subsequently be used to more rapidly inflate and deflate the balloon. Alternately or in addition, the proximal end of the outer plunger 9703 may contain a mechanism to control the translation of inner plunger. Such mechanisms can be incorporated as a part of the lock 9711 mechanism.
It can be appreciated that the translation control on the second plunger or other components of the device (i.e. the first plunger) may contain an indicator or marks that show the expected size of the balloon or the expected sizes of various balloon catheters or their expected deflation volumes. The translation control on the second plunger may contain a selection mechanism that limits the plunger translation to a safe maximum injection volume for the selected catheter.
More particularly, according to an embodiment, large volume syringe 9720 may have large drawing volume, such as between 10 cubic centimeters (cc) in volume and 30 cubic centimeters in volume; and low volume syringe 9750 may have substantially smaller drawing volume, such as between 0.2 cubic centimeters in volume and three cubic centimeters in volume to inject additional controlled volumes in increments of between 0.005 cubic centimeters in volume and 0.05 cubic centimeters in volume.
For example, in order to allow a balloon (e.g., such as a low pressure, high compliance, or low tension occlusion balloon with respect to balloons 4420, 8810, or 9510) to be conveniently and quickly deflated and then accurately re-inflated, apparatus 9700 may include latch mechanisms 9760 and 9762 to unlatch inner plunger lock 9711 from inner diameter 9740 so that piston 9710 can be moved towards proximal end 9704. Thus, when unlatched, piston 9710 may be moved towards proximal end 9704 of inner diameter 9740 to evacuate a selected volume of fluid from the balloon and into low volume syringe 9750. Furthermore, latch mechanisms 9760 and 9762 may be configured to latch inner plunge lock 9711 back to inner diameter 9740 so that piston 9710 can be moved towards distal end 9706 to return or deliver a selected volume of fluid to the balloon. More particularly, latching or re-latching inner plunger lock 9711 to inner diameter 9740 may return the same volume of fluid evacuated from a balloon and into low volume syringe 9750, as described above, when piston 9710 is moved towards the proximal end of hollow inner diameter 9740 and returned to its original position. Latch mechanisms 9760 and 9762 will be described further below with respect to
Inner plunger lock 9711 may also include an adjustment mechanism to adjust the position of piston 9710 to various locations along hollow inner diameter 9740. For example, inner plunger lock 9710 may include threaded cavity 9770 coupled to knob 9730 which is exterior to hollow inner diameter 9740. Thus, bolt 9772 may threadably engage threaded cavity 9770 and be coupled to plunger 9709 so that knob 9730 may be rotated to adjust a position of piston 9710 to various locations along inner diameter 9740. More particularly, knob 9730 may include indicia disposed about the knob to indicate a selected volume of fluid to be communicated to or from the balloon corresponding to the marked position on the knob, such that knob 9730 may be rotated to various marked positions to inflate the balloon with various selected volumes of an inflation gas or liquid. For instance, knob 9730 may be rotated from a first position to a balloon volume position to deliver a selected volume of fluid to the balloon. On the other hand, knob 9730 may be rotated from the balloon volume position back to the first position to evacuate the same selected volume of fluid from the balloon and into apparatus 9700.
It can be appreciated that piston 9710 or 9707 may each include one or more sealing members adapted to create a fluid seal between the piston and the elongated hollow in which the piston is slidably disposed (e.g., such as by including one or more elastic O-rings).
After the position shown in
Thus, the apparatus and steps shown and described with respect to
It can be appreciated that apparatus 9700 or 9800 may be low pressure inflation/deflation device that requires only one operator and the normal stopcock connections, and still provide the ability to effectively evacuate the air, to inflate the balloon to its nominal out diameter (OD), to subsequently control the injected inflation volumes (for a compliant balloon) or the subsequent withdrawn volumes (to allow subsequent rapid balloon deflations and inflations) to the desired degree of precision, to lock the injected inflation volumes (so the device may be set aside) and unlock the injected inflation volumes (so the balloon may be deflated).
For example large volume syringe 9720 provides a large volume capacity to allow a vacuum/low pressure to be drawn on a device via normal Luer connected components that may leak a little air under dry/low pressure (relative to air pressure) conditions and to allow for any relatively low pressure/higher volume initial filling steps, while subsequently providing for very controlled/adjustable small volume injections and withdrawals. As such, large volume syringe 9720 can be used to remove air from a catheter and balloon, and subsequently inflate the balloon with contrast to a low pressure (to its beginning/initial OD or desired OD). Then, low volume syringe 9750 can be used to inflate the balloon (e.g., such as a balloon as described herein, including balloons 4420, 8810, and 9510) with additional controlled small volumes of contrast to be adjustably injected to bring the compliant balloon controllably up to the desired OD in steps to occlude a vessel or to withdraw/inject a controlled small volume of contrast to subsequently rapidly and safely deflate and re-inflate the balloon.
Apparatus 9700 or 9800 may be designed to effectively remove the air in a balloon and its inflation lumen so that only a small residual volume of air remains (air which will be replaced with the inflation fluid) to allow the balloon's OD to be effectively controlled by the volume of the injected fluid. One inflation fluid used is contrast. Contrast allows the balloon and its location to be very easily imaged by conventional fluoroscopy. As the OD of a compliant balloon is stepped up or a relatively non-compliant balloon is inflated to a low pressure, contrast may be injected proximal of the balloon into the vessel (normally via the guiding catheter) to assess whether the desired occlusion has been obtained or not.
It is also contemplated that apparatus 9700 or 9800 may be designed to have a relatively large drawing volume (usually in the 10-30 cc range) compared to the volume of air leaked, to maintain a sufficiently low pressure for effective air removal. Thus, using apparatus 9700 or 9800, it is possible to first inflate a compliant balloon to its nominal OD (its lowest OD) at a specified low pressure and then inject additional controlled volumes to produce the larger OD's. For instance, a balloon may be inflated with controlled volumes with increments on the order of 0.005 to 0.05 cc (or smaller) with a maximum total on the order of about 0.5 cc (or less) to control the balloon OD effectively.
Next a process for percutaneous advancing one or more cannula or catheters through a blood vessel to treat or infuse a treatment agent (e.g., such as biological agents) into a treatment region, such as arterial vessels or venous vessels is described.
For example,
Moreover, if sufficient ischemic signal does not exist before treatment of a blood vessel, it is possible to precondition a treatment region to allow for marking as described above. For example, at block 9620 ischemic preconditioning of a treatment region can be performed, such as by occluding a treatment region (e.g., such as treatment region 996 or a treatment region in the myocardium) for a period of time between 30 minutes and 180 minutes before releasing the marker fluid into the blood vessel. More particularly, a balloon or occlusion device may be inflated to block the blood vessel just above a targeted location of the vessel with respect to the direction of blood flow for a sufficient period of time to increase the ischemic signal from that location sufficiently for the marker to mark.
At block 9630 a cannula may be percutaneously advanced through a blood vessel. It is contemplated that the cannula may be a guide catheter, delivery catheter, guidewire, or other catheter or cannula (e.g., such as cannula 8802 or 9502). For example, the cannula may have a proximal end, a distal end, and a surface at or adjacent a distal end axially coupled to a balloon. For example, at block 9638, the cannula to be advanced through a blood vessel may include a lumen adapted to have a guidewire disposed therethrough so that a distal end of a guidewire (e.g., which may or may not have an occlusion balloon or balloon that may be inflated to an outer diameter greater than the inner diameter of the blood vessel at the location, such as to fix the guidewire distal end) may be advanced percutaneously through a blood vessel to or beyond a treatment region so that the cannula may be advanced over the guidewire, such as by inserting and sliding the guidewire lumen over the guidewire to advance the distal end of the cannula through the blood vessel and to the treatment region.
Specifically, a cannula such as 8802 or 9502 may be advanced through a blood vessel such as 990 and may have a balloon such as balloon 8810 or 9510 axially coupled to the cannulous exterior surface at or adjacent the distal end of the cannula. In one example, the cannula may have an outer diameter of less than 0.09 inches and include a lumen extending from the proximal end to the distal end of the cannula, where the lumen has an inner diameter greater than 0.010 inches.
At block 9640 it is determined whether the tip of the cannula or the balloon has been advanced to the treatment region. If at block 9640 the cannula or balloon is not at a treatment region, the process returns to block 9630 or the cannula or balloon may be advanced further. On the other hand, if at block 9640 the cannula or balloon is at a treatment region, the process continues to block 9650.
At block 9650 the balloon is inflated to occlude the blood vessel. For example, a balloon such as a balloon described above with respect to block 9630 may be inflated from a first diameter (e.g., such as first diameter BRD1 as described above) to a different second diameter (e.g., such as fourth diameter BRD4 as described above) that is at least equivalent to an inner diameter of a blood vessel to occlude the blood vessel at a treatment region (e.g., such as a treatment region as described above with respect to block 9610) for a first period of time. For example the balloon may be inflated by controlling a volume of a gas or a fluid injected into the balloon, such as to inflate the balloon to a plurality of increasing inflation volumes to form a plurality of increasing radial outer diameters. Moreover, it is contemplated that the increasing inflation volumes may be increased to a volume corresponding to a radial outer diameter of the balloon which is greater than the radial inner diameter of the blood vessel at a treatment region.
Furthermore, according to some embodiments, as described with respect to balloon 8810, the balloon may have a property such that when inflated to such a volume, the balloon has an inflation pressure that increases by less than five percent in pressure than the inflation pressure at one or more of the previous inflation volumes. For example, the balloon may be a high compliance balloon that increases in inflated axial length sufficiently to cause the balloon inflated outer diameter to maintain an inflation pressure that is within five percent of the previous pressure on the inner diameter of the blood vessel while the inflation volume is increased.
At block 9660 treatment agents are infused to the treatment region. For example, a treatment agent or a plurality of progenitor cells (e.g., such as progenitor cells suspended in a liquid) may be infused through a lumen extending from a proximal end to a distal end of the cannula and exit in outlet portal at the distal end of the cannula (e.g., such as by being infused through lumen 9520 and exiting outlet port 9522 distal to balloon 8810 or 9510 as described above). According to some embodiments the progenitor cells may be bone marrow derived progenitor cells such as those produced by: (1) harvesting bone marrow, (2) selecting stem cells from bone marrow, or (3) deriving cells from bone marrow aspirates. It is also contemplated that the progenitor cells may be blood derived progenitor cells, such as those produced by: (1) collecting venous blood, (2) purifying mononuclear cells, or (3) ex-vivo culturing of mononuclear cells. It is to be appreciated that the treatment region being treated may be in the blood vessel of the same person from which the progenitor cells are derived (e.g., the progenitor cells may be reinfused into the infarct artery of the person from which the bone marrow or blood derived progenitor cells are taken).
In addition, it is contemplated that block 9660 may include infusion and a therapeutic agent having one or more of cardiomyocytes, stem cells, progenitor cell, skeletal myocytes, smooth muscle cells, and endothelial cells, and growth factors such as IGF-I, HGF, VEGF, NGF, FGF, TGF-beta, and their isoforms.
In addition, infusing at block 9660 may include infusing treatment agent or progenitor cells at a low pressure and distal to the occluding balloon such that a flow of blood through the treatment region is precluded and does not wash the treatment agent away from the treatment region. For example, the occluding balloon may completely preclude blood flow through the treatment region, such as treatment region 996. Thus, an occluding balloon or device may block off blood flow from treatment region 996 to increase treatment agent residence time in treatment region 996, such as a capillary bed. Without such blood flow, the treatment agent residence time in the blood vessel allows for more treatment agent (e.g., such as stem cells) to adhere to the vessel wall and eventually migrate into target muscle, such as heart muscle. Also, infusing may include infusing a volume of between one milliliter and 10 milliliters of treatment agent or progenitor cells, such as by infusing a volume of between three milliliters and four milliliters of a progenitor cell suspension (e.g., such as 3.3 milliliters of progenitor cell suspension).
At block 9670 it is determined whether the first period of time has expired. According to some embodiments the first period of time may be a period of time between two minutes and five minutes, such as a period of three minutes in time. If at block 9670 the first period of time has not expired, more time is allowed to elapse, and additional treatment agent or progenitor cells may be infused. Also, if the first period of time has not expired, other processes or measurements may be performed, such as those described herein or desired during an infusion treatment. Specifically, measurement or procedures such as those described above with respect to accessory lumen 9530 may be performed during the first period of time.
In accordance with embodiments, one way to balance the benefit of having a long treatment agent or progenitor cell residence time at the treatment region with the risk of inducing ischemic damage to the target muscle during occlusion of the blood vessel is to provide for blood perfusion around or through the occluding device so that blood can still pass through the treatment region in a controlled amount or during a controlled time period during treatment of the treatment region.
For instance, If at block 9670 the first period of time has expired, the process continues to block 9675. At block 9675, liquid (e.g., such as blood or a treatment agent) is allowed to perfuse from a location in the blood vessel proximal to the balloon to the treatment region (or vice versa depending on the direction of blood flow). In other words, at block 9675, a liquid, such as blood or treatment agent, may be allowed to perfuse between a location in the blood vessel proximal to the balloon and the treatment region, such as by allowing the liquid to flow from a location proximal to the balloon to a location distal to the balloon, or vice versa. For example, the balloon may be deflated sufficiently to allow the blood vessel (such as blood vessel 990 at treatment region 996) to be open to a flow of fluid, such as blood. Thus, the balloon may be deflated (e.g., such with respect to balloon 8810 or 9510) to allow a reflow of blood through the treatment region, such as to minimize extensive ischemia. According to some embodiments, at block 9675 the balloon may be configured to be and may be sufficiently deflated to be subsequently reinflated after a second period of time. Moreover, at block 9675 the balloon may be deflated sufficiently to be retracted from the blood vessel, such as by being withdrawn by the cannula.
Alternatively or in addition to allowing perfusion at block 9675 by deflating the balloon, a liquid (e.g., such as blood or treatment agent) may be allowed to perfuse between a location in the blood vessel proximal to the balloon and the treatment region via a lumen extending through the cannula. For example, the cannula may include a lumen extending from a location proximal to the balloon to a location distal to the balloon and a proximal hole through the exterior surface of the cannula and to the lumen at a location proximal to the balloon as well as a hole through the exterior surface of the cannula and to the lumen at a location distal to the balloon. Thus, a lumen for perfusing liquid such as is described herein with respect to apparatus 9910, 9920, 9930, or 9940 may be used at block 9675.
Likewise, instead of or in addition to deflating the balloon, perfusion of a liquid (e.g., such as blood or treatment agent) at block 9675 may including retracting or pulling back a guidewire disposed through a guidewire lumen extending past at least one hole in the exterior of the cannula and to the guidewire lumen proximal to the balloon to allow liquid to perfuse between a location in the blood vessel proximal to the balloon and to a location distal to the balloon via a guidewire lumen opening in the distal end of the cannula. Specifically, for example, the cannula may include a guidewire lumen extending from a proximal end to a distal end of the cannula and exiting in opening in the cannula distal to the balloon, so that a distal end of a guidewire disposed through the guidewire lumen can be retracted to a location proximal to at least one hole through the exterior of the cannula and to the guidewire lumen, where the at least one hole is located proximal to the balloon. Furthermore, disembodiment also allows the distal end of the guidewire to be advanced to a location distal to the at least one hole through the exterior of the cannula to prohibit or reduce liquid perfusion between a location in the blood vessel proximal to the balloon and the treatment region, such as by blocking perfusion of the liquid between the blood vessel and the lumen. Specifically, the embodiment described above may be performed by an apparatus such as apparatus 9600 as described herein.
The ability to retract the distal end of the guidewire to allow perfusion and advance the distal end of the guidewire to reduce or prohibit perfusion is important since such an embodiment may provide a simple process for performing block 9675 as well as repeating blocks 9650 through 9685 one or more times. As with apparatus 9600, it is also worth noting that the plurality of holes through the cannula exterior described above can include various numbers and size and shape holes to allow the movement of the distal end of the guidewire to control an amount of liquid perfusion between a location of the blood vessel proximal to the balloon and the treatment region.
At block 9680 it is determined whether a second period of time, during which the liquid is allowed to perfuse, has expired. If at block 9680 the second period of time has not expired, further time may be allowed to elapse while the liquid is allowed to perfuse. For instance, the deflated occluding, the balloon may be further deflated, the balloon may be inflated to a diameter that does not occlude the blood vessel or other processes or measurements may be performed. For example, measurements or procedures, such as those described above with respect to accessory lumen 9530, may be performed during the second period of time. Similarly, during block 9680, perfusion may be allowed to continue as described above with respect to apparatus 9910, 9920, 9930, 9940, or 9600. According to some embodiments the second period of time may be a period of between two minutes and five minutes in time, such as a period of three minutes in time. Moreover, it is contemplated that the second period of time may be shorter than, equal to, or greater than the first period of time.
If at block 9680 the second period of time has expired, the process proceeds to block 9685. At block 9685 it is determined whether treatment is complete. For example, according to some embodiments treatment may include repetition of blocks 9650 through 9685 to infuse treatment agent or progenitor cells a number of times to the treatment region. Specifically, blocks 9650 through 9685 may be repeated 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, or more times to infuse treatment agent or progenitor cells at the treatment region. In one case, treatment region may be occluded (e.g., such as by inflating the balloon for a first period of time) (such as for three minutes) during which treatment agent or progenitor cells are infused to the treatment region, then blood or treatment agent may be allowed to perfuse into the treatment region (e.g., such as by deflating the balloon for a second period of time) (such as for three minutes). Thus, this occlusion/treatment and perfusion may be performed a total of three repetitions to infuse a total of 10 milliliters of progenitor cell suspension via three infusions of 3.3 milliliters each.
If at block 9685 treatment is completed the process may continue to block 9690. At block 9690 the occluding balloon may be deflated and the cannula may be retracted from the blood vessel, such as by withdrawing the deflated balloon using the cannula.
Note that it is contemplated that the process described above with respect to
Now, specifically addressing three types of apparatus for allowing blood or treatment agent to perfuse between a location in the blood vessel proximal and distal to an occluding balloon, such as is described above with respect to block 9675. First, as mentioned at block 9675, the occluding balloon may be deflated sufficiently to allow the blood vessel (such as blood vessel 990 at treatment region 996) to be open to a flow of fluid, such as blood.
Second or in addition to allowing perfusion at block 9675 by deflating the balloon, blood or treatment agent may be allowed to perfuse between a location in the blood vessel proximal and distal to an occluding balloon by retracting or pulling back a guidewire disposed through a guidewire lumen extending past at least one hole in the exterior of the cannula proximal to the balloon to allow perfusion to a location distal to the balloon via a guidewire lumen opening in the distal end of the cannula.
Thus, according to some embodiments, liquid, blood, or treatment agent perfusion between the treatment region and a location proximal to the balloon, or from a location on one side of an occlusion device to a location on the other side of an occlusion device as described herein, may be achieved by including a liquid perfusion capability through the cannula. For example, perfusion from one side of an occluded site to the other side of an occluded site may be a constant flow, a controlled amount of flow, or a flow that may be adjusted to start or stop the flow or provide different flow rates as controlled by an operator. For instance,
Although
Holes, such as holes 9661 through 9666, at proximal perfusion section 9667 may be formed by inserting a reinforcing mandrel within lumen 9530 and drilling the holes such as by a mechanical drill using a drill bit or a laser drilling technology to produce the holes as described herein.
It is also contemplated that cannula 9602 may have one or more distal holes through the exterior surface of the cannula and to lumen 9530 at a location distal to balloon 8810 to allow or increase perfusion of liquid between a location in the blood vessel proximal to balloon 8810 and treatment region or a location in the blood vessel distal to balloon 8810. More particularly, blood flowing through lumen 9530 toward distal end 9506 may exit lumen 9530 through holes in cannula 9602 distal to balloon 8810 in addition to opening 9532. It is to be appreciated that distal holes through the surface of cannula 9602 distal to balloon 8810 may have a number, shape, and size or be formed as described above with respect to holes at proximal perfusion section 9667.
According to some embodiments, accessory lumen 9530 may be adapted to have a guidewire disposed therethrough to guide cannula 9602 to a treatment region, such with respect to lumen 9530 and a guidewire disposed therethrough. Additionally, lumen 9530 may be adapted or have a dimension such that a distal end of a guidewire disposed therethrough can be extended past to a location distal to, to a location along, or to a location proximal to proximal perfusion section 9667. Additionally, lumen 9530 may have an inner diameter and a guidewire disposed therein, may have an outer diameter sufficient that the guidewire or a distal end thereof occludes liquid from flowing through lumen 9530 or from perfusion between the holes at proximal perfusion section 9667 and lumen 9530. Such a relationship between the guidewire and lumen allows the guidewire to be slid past one or more of the holes towards distal end 9506 to control or stop the perfusion of liquid from an area of a blood vessel proximal to balloon 8810 and to a treatment region distal to balloon 8810. For example,
Thus, apparatus 9600 and the process described with respect to
Thus, guidewire 9692 may have a dimension to be slidably adjustable to extend or retract distal end 9693 to a location past none or any of holes at proximal perfusion section 9667, such as to adjust an amount of liquid to perfuse between the location in the blood vessel proximal to balloon 8810 and lumen 9530. Specifically,
It is worth noting that by varying the size or shape of the holes in proximal perfusion section 9667, such as by increasing the radial size of the holes from most distal hole 9661 to a hole most proximal to proximal end 9504, it is possible to control the perfusion flow. Thus, larger holes towards proximal end 9504 and smaller holes towards distal end 9506 allow distal end 9693 of the guidewire to be slid to decrease the perfusion flow from full flow to a fraction of full flow such as a fraction between 1/10 and 1/100 of full flow (e.g., a fraction that may be dictated by the size of hole 9661). Note that although holes in proximal perfusion section 9667 are shown oriented longitudinally with respect to an axis of cannula 9602, it is contemplated that the holes may be oriented otherwise as long as they extend with a sufficient dimension to the lumen to allow for perfusion of liquid.
Another application for this apparatus or process is to provide intermittent blood flow between treatment agent infusions without deflating an occlusion balloon, such as balloon 8810. Thus, instead of deflating the balloon to allow blood perfusion or flow, the guidewire may be retracted past the holes at proximal perfusion section 9667 to allow for adequate blood perfusion or flow.
Moreover, since the apparatus and process allows for various amounts of liquid to perfuse, retraction or advancement of distal end 9693 can be adjusted in response to the status of or measurements taken with respect to a patient. For example, if a patient is in severe chest pain or needs additional blood or treatment agent flow into an occluded area of a blood vessel, guidewire 9692 can be retracted sufficiently or past proximal perfusion section 9667 to allow for a maximum blood flow, such as 40 cubic centimeters/minute. On the other hand, if the patient is only in slight discomfort, and does not require greater blood flow, a lower flow rate may be used by locating distal end 9693 to a midpoint or distal to a midpoint along proximal perfusion section 9667 (e.g., minimizing flow by placing distal end 9693 at such a location reduces treatment agent or cell wash off from a treatment region or treatment zone). Another application of the apparatus or process may be to continuously provide a perfusion flow rate that is a small fraction of the full flow rate during treatment agent or cell infusion for a prolonged occlusion. The low perfusion flow rate will have less impact on washing the treatment agent or cells away from the treatment region while providing some supply of blood to the treatment region or occluded region to allow for a longer infusion or treatment period.
Third, or in addition to allowing perfusion at block 9675 by deflating the balloon or via a perfusion lumen, blood or treatment agent may be allowed to perfuse between a location in the blood vessel proximal and distal to an occluding balloon via a separate perfusion lumen extending through the cannula the balloon is attached to and exiting a hole distal to the balloon and a hole proximal to the balloon.
For example, according to some embodiments, a blood perfusion cannula may be used, such as a version of cannula 9502 or a similar or modified process to that described with respect to
Notably,
For instance, apparatus 9910 may be helpful to deliver a treatment agent such as a treatment agent described herein, including a drug, a peptide, growth factors, and other therapeutic agents (that may or may not be mixed with blood) to be delivered locally. For example, VEGF-1, an angiogenic growth factor, may be administered through infusion lumen 9920 to deliver treatment agent to a blood vessel location to mix well with blood proximal to balloon 8810, and then to flow mixed with the blood through bypass lumen 9950 at a controlled flow rate and to a region of a blood vessel distal to balloon 8810 to assist in more efficient absorption of the treatment agent by local tissues proximal to balloon 8810.
In another embodiment,
Thus, apparatus 9920 may be useful to deliver treatment agent such as genes, viral vectors, stem cells, and other therapeutic agents that require longer dwelling time at an infusion site to enhance delivery period. For example, to deliver autologous bone marrow mononuclear cells, apparatus 9920 may be used so that those treatment agents dwell in a blood vessel distal to balloon 8810 while that location of the blood vessel receives some blood flow as controlled by lumen 9950, proximal hole 9952, and distal hole 9954.
Next,
Thus, apparatus 9930 may be useful for a combination of therapies with multiple treatment or therapeutic agents. For example, in order to infuse a transfection agent before delivery liposome encapsulated therapeutic DNA, the transfection agent may be infused through proximal infusion lumen 9920 to allow for sufficient mixing and distribution of the agent with blood, and then liposomes may be infused through distal infusion lumen 9921 to treat a region of a blood vessel proximal to balloon 8810 with transfection agents for a sufficient period of time, and a region of the blood vessel distal to lumen 8810 with liposomes for a sufficient period of time. It is to be appreciated that a pressure sensing port may be added to cannula 9902, 9903, or 9904 to monitor or control the re-perfusion rate via the cannula.
Thus, apparatus 9940 creates an inter-balloon occlusion-infusion space to provide a more specific local delivery of treatment agent because treatment agents infused to treatment region 9996 are confined between proximal balloon 9910 and 9915 and will not be washed away by blood circulation.
In addition,
Specifically, apparatus 9940 allows perfusion of blood from one side of the balloons to the other side of the balloons at all times while treatment agent may be administered to treatment region 9996, such as to allow uninterrupted cardiac circulation through blood vessel 990. Moreover, apparatus 9940 may create a static environment between proximal balloon 9910 and distal balloon 9915 sufficient to reduce shear stress caused by circulation and to assist treatment agent attachment to the wall of blood vessel 990. Likewise, the wall tension to the walls of blood vessel 990, such as at treatment region 9996 created by both balloons may cause the wall to be more permeable to therapeutic agents.
It is also contemplated that cannula 9905 may include infusion lumen or pressure sensing lumen extending from proximal end 9504 of cannula 9905 to exit openings through the outer surface of cannula 9905 at locations proximal or distal to proximal balloon 9910 and distal balloon 9915. Note that in such a case, the wall tension created by both of the balloons may also make the wall of blood vessel 9900 proximal and distal to the balloons more permeable to therapeutic agents infused distal and proximal to the balloons.
Thus, it is considered that balloon 8810, other occlusion balloons described herein, other occlusion devices described herein, cannula or catheters described herein may be used to occlude a location or infuse treatment agent to a treatment region or a location of a blood vessel, such as an artery or a vein of a human being, such as those in the human heart.
Note that all embodiments of devices, catheter, balloon, cannula, lumen, filter devices, perfusion devices, apparatus, methods, or processes described herein are contemplated to include treatment of one or more human or animal blood vessels (e.g., including veins or arteries), intra-coronary veins, and intra-coronary arteries, such as by infusion of a therapeutic treatment agent including by retrograde infusion, intra-venous retrograde infusion, multiple catheter infusion, infusion involving multiple occlusion devices, multiple treatment agent infusion, and any combinations thereof.
Hence, such treatment may be used to treat or repair ischemic and recently infarcted (dead) tissue, such as that resulting from acute myocardial infarction (AMI) or heart disease. For example such treatment may provide intracoronary infusion of progenitor cells into an infarct artery within days after AMI to allow the treatment agent to access capillaries and trans-migrate into adjacent infarct artery tissues.
It is also contemplated that both, intra-coronary veins and arteries could be treated or involved in treating a treatment region or treatment zone. In one case, intra-coronary veins and arteries are treated by retrograde insertion of a first catheter to perform multiple occlusion of intra-coronary veins to occlude around a treatment region, percutaneous insertion of a second catheter to perform occlusion of one or more coronary arteries occlude around the treatment region, and infusion of a treatment agent from the second catheter to treat the treatment region with respect to a multi-occlusion device or embodiment. It can be appreciated that this process may allow the treatment agent to access capillaries between the occlusions of the coronary veins and the coronary arteries.
In the preceding detailed description, reference to specific embodiments were described. It will, however, be evident that various modifications and changes may be made thereto without departing from the broader spirit and scope of the appended claims. The specification and drawings are, accordingly, to be regarded in an illustrative rather than a restrictive sense.
Claims
1. A system comprising:
- a guide catheter comprising an occlusion device;
- a delivery catheter comprising at least one occlusion device having a property to occlude a blood vessel without radially expanding the blood vessel, wherein the delivery catheter is received within the guide catheter; and
- a guidewire comprising an occlusion device, wherein the guidewire is received within the guide catheter or the delivery catheter.
2. A kit comprising:
- a delivery catheter comprising:
- a shaft comprising a proximal end and a distal end and defining a delivery lumen through a portion thereof, the delivery lumen comprising a proximal end and a distal end;
- a monitoring cannula defining a lumen therethrough, comprising a proximal end and a distal end, a portion of the monitoring cannula disposed within the shaft;
- a port coupled to the distal end of the monitoring cannula;
- a balloon inflation cannula defining a lumen therethrough, comprising a proximal end and a distal end, a portion of the balloon inflation cannula within the shaft;
- a balloon adjacent to the distal end of the flexible shaft, the balloon comprising at least one material selected from the group consisting of polyether block amide resins, blends of polyether block amide resins, polyetheramides, a composite including an elastomeric material and EPTFE, a styrene-isoprene-styrene tri-Block co-polymer, and blends and mixtures thereof;
- wherein the balloon is adapted to inflate to at least one of a predetermined volume sufficient to occlude a blood vessel without radially expanding the blood vessel and to a pre-determined pressure of about 0.5 to about 5.0 atmospheres.
3. The kit of claim 2 further comprising:
- a guide catheter having a length and a lumen adapted to access a blood vessel, and having a diameter sufficient to receive a portion of the delivery catheter;
- a pressure increasing device adapted to connect to the proximal end of the delivery lumen;
- a sensing device adapted to connect to the proximal end of the monitoring cannula to sense one of pressure and fluid flow;
- an inflation device adapted to connect to the proximal end of the balloon inflation cannula; and
- a guidewire comprising an occlusion device, wherein the guide catheter has a diameter sufficient to receive a portion of the guidewire.
4. The kit of claim 2 further comprising a pressure relief valve coupled to the proximal end of the balloon inflation lumen, and a pressure transferring device comprising a proximal end and a distal end, wherein the distal end is adapted to connect to the proximal end of the delivery lumen.
5. The kit of claim 2 wherein at least one of the delivery lumen and the monitoring cannula is adapted to have a guide wire disposed therethrough to guide the guide catheter through the blood vessel to a treatment region, and wherein the delivery lumen is distal to the monitoring cannula defining at least one of a tapered and a staggered tip.
6. The kit of claim 2 wherein the guide catheter comprises a first convex curved portion; a concave curved portion distal to the first convex curved portion; and a second convex curved portion distal to the concave curved portion.
7. The kit of claim 2 wherein the guide catheter comprises a first guide catheter portion having a first diameter, and a second guide catheter portion having a second diameter, and the first guide catheter portion and the second guide catheter portion are coaxially and slidingly engaged.
8. The kit of claim 2 wherein the balloon is adapted to inflate to a diameter range of about 2 mm to about 20 mm, wherein the shaft comprises one of a polyether block amide resin having a durometer hardness of about 50 to about 70 shore D, a polyimide, and a polyethylene.
9. The kit of claim 2 further comprising a treatment agent to infuse into the delivery lument, wherein the treatment agent comprises at least one material selected from the group consisting of cells, stem cells, progenitor cells, bone marrow derived progenitor cells, antibodies against CD18, CD11/18, P-selectin, L-selectin, ICAM, VCAM, and TNF, estrogen and estrogen receptor agonists, growth factors, and their isoforms and downstream signaling mediators, heat shock proteins and their downstream signaling mediators, GIK, adenosine and adenosine receptor agonists, NO donors, Na/H exchange inhibitors, Na/K channel openers and their downstream signaling mediators, Ca channel inhibitors, beta-adrenergic receptor inhibitors, alpha-adrenergic receptor inhibitors, free radical scavengers, anti-oxidants, platelet inhibitors, complement system inhibitors, anti-apoptotic drugs, genes that encode the peptides listed above or their ligands, or bio-engineered cells or materials that express the peptides or glycoproteins listed above or their ligands, and mixtures thereof.
10. The kit of claim 3 wherein the pressure increasing device is disposable and is selected from the group consisting of a syringe, a syringe pump, a reciprocating pump, a gear pump, and a centrifugal pump having a removable and disposable rotor and pump housing; and wherein the pressure-sensing device comprises a disposable piezo-electric pressure sensor.
11. The kit of claim 3 wherein the inflation device comprises:
- a large volume syringe comprising an elongated hollow body having a proximal end, a distal end, an opening in the distal end to couple to the proximal exit of the cannula, and a first plunger longitudinally slidable within the body and having a first shaft with a first piston disposed on the first shaft distal end, the piston and shaft having an elongated hollow inner diameter;
- a second plunger longitudinally slidable within the inner diameter and having a second shaft with a second piston disposed on the second shaft distal end;
- wherein the inner diameter and second plunger define a low volume syringe having a volume relatively substantially less than a volume of the large volume syringe.
12. The catheter kit of claim 3 wherein the pressure-sensing device further comprises a pressure measurement outlet, and the pressure increasing device further comprises a pressure measurement inlet, and the catheter kit further comprises a connection between the pressure measurement outlet of the pressure-sensing device and the pressure measurement inlet of the pressure increasing device.
13. The catheter kit of claim 2 wherein the balloon comprises at least two materials selected from the group consisting of a polyether block amide resins, polyetheramides, and mixtures thereof; wherein at least two materials have a Shore D Hardness less than about 70D; and wherein the balloon, upon inflation, has at least one of a conical and a tapered shape.
14. An apparatus comprising:
- a cannula having a dimension suitable for percutaneous advancement through a blood vessel, the cannula comprising a proximal end and a distal end;
- a balloon axially coupled to an exterior surface of the cannula at or adjacent the distal end of the cannula, the balloon comprising a property such that when inflated the balloon will expand in size to an outer diameter sufficient for occlusion of a blood vessel at an inflation pressure less than sufficient to cause an axial force on an inner diameter of the blood vessel and sufficient to cause a radial expansion of the blood vessel.
15. The apparatus of claim 14 wherein the balloon comprises a property such that during inflation and deflation of the balloon, the balloon forms a plurality of radial outer diameters; has a property to cause a post inflation deflated outer diameter of the balloon to retract to within 20 percent of a pre inflated outer diameter of the balloon; and includes a balloon material having one of a modulus of less than 1.5 Mpa, an elongation of at least 500% at breaking, a tension set of less than 30%, and a tension strength of at least 200 MPa.
16. The apparatus of claim 14 wherein the balloon comprises one of a first wall thickness at a first axial distance from the distal end of the cannula and a different second wall thickness at a different second axial distance from the distal end of the cannula, and a first pre inflated outer diameter at a first axial distance from the distal end of the cannula and a second pre inflated outer diameter at a second axial distance from the distal end of the cannula such that when inflated the balloon will expand in size to a first outer diameter at a first axial distance from the distal end of the cannula and will expand in size to a different second outer diameter at a different second axial distance from the distal end of the cannula.
17. The apparatus of claim 14 wherein the balloon includes a material comprising one of polyurethane, and a silicone rubber, a styrene-isoprene-styrene tri-block co-polymer with between 50 percent and 100 percent isoprene and between zero percent and 50 percent styrene, a silicone polyether urethane, and an aliphatic polymethane with polydimethyl siloxane backbone; wherein the silicone rubber is vulcanized with amino-mercaptobenzothrazole; and wherein the a styrene-isoprene-styrene tri-block co-polymer includes an additives comprising one of:
- thiuram disulfide derivatives,
- mercaptobenzothiazoles,
- amino-mercaptobenzothrazole,
- sulfides, and
- azides.
18. An apparatus comprising: wherein
- a cannula having a dimension suitable for percutaneous advancement through a blood vessel, the cannula comprising a proximal end and a distal end;
- a balloon axially coupled to an exterior surface of the cannula at or adjacent the distal end of the cannula, the balloon comprising a polymer moiety represented by the formula:
- PA represents a polyamide moiety,
- PEth represents a polyether moiety, and
- n represents an integer greater than or equal to 1.
19. The apparatus of claim 18 wherein the balloon comprises
- a thermoplastic blend copolymer material having one of a polyether block amide resin moiety and a polyetheramide moiety; and
- comprises a property such that the balloon will inflate to an inflated outer diameter that will occlude a blood vessel and deflate to a post-inflated deflated diameter that will allow the balloon to be withdrawn from the blood vessel; and
- comprises a property such that the balloon has a pre-inflated volume and a postinflated deflated volume approximately equal to the pre-inflated volume.
20. The apparatus of claim 18 wherein the balloon comprises a property such that the balloon will have at least 3 wings before being inflated and after being deflated,
- wherein each wing has a wing length defined by the length of a line extending within the wing along a medial axis of a cross-section of the wing,
- wherein a pre-inflated wing length for each wing is approximately equal to a post-inflated deflated wing length of each wing;
- wherein each wing has an outer diameter point defined by a point of the wing radially farthest away from an axis of the cannula, and a wing diameter defined by a length of a straight line extending from the axis of the cannula, radially out to the outer diameter point,
- wherein a pre-inflated wing diameter for each wing is approximately 30 percent less than a post-inflated deflated wing diameter.
21. The apparatus of claim 18 wherein the balloon comprises a property such that the balloon can achieve a volumetric expansion of greater than about 40% during inflation and can expanded to an inflated outer diameter between 1.5 mm and 18 mm in diameter, will have a double wall thickness between 0.0003 and 0.0038 inches in thickness and a minimum hoop strength of at least about 23,000 psi strength; and will have a durometer hardness of between 50 Shore D and 70 Shore D.
22. An apparatus comprising:
- a cannula having a dimension suitable for percutaneous advancement through a blood vessel, the cannula comprising a proximal end and a distal end;
- a balloon axially coupled to an exterior surface of the cannula at or adjacent the distal end of the cannula, the balloon comprising a property such that the balloon will inflate to an inflated outer diameter that will occlude a blood vessel and at a predetermined pressure of between 0.5 atmospheres and 5.0 atmospheres of pressure.
23. The apparatus of claim 18 wherein the balloon comprises a property such that the balloon will inflate to one of a predetermined volume and a predetermined inflated outer diameter.
24. The apparatus of claim 18 wherein the balloon comprises a property such that the balloon will inflate to an inflated outer diameter in a range of between 1.25 mm and 18 mm in diameter, and:
- at an inflation pressure of 1 atmosphere the balloon will inflate to an inflated outer diameter of approximately 10% of a pre-inflated outer diameter;
- at an inflation pressure of 2 atmospheres the balloon will inflate to an inflated outer diameter of at least 20% of the pre-inflated outer diameter;
- at an inflation pressure of 3 atmospheres the balloon will inflate to an inflated outer diameter of at least 30% of the pre-inflated outer diameter;
- at an inflation pressure of 4 atmospheres the balloon will inflate to an inflated outer diameter of at least 40% of the pre-inflated outer diameter;
- at an inflation pressure of 5 atmospheres the balloon will inflate to an inflated outer diameter of at least 50% of the pre-inflated outer; and
- at an inflation pressure of 6 atmospheres the balloon will inflate to an inflated outer diameter of least 60% of the pre-inflated outer diameter.
25. An apparatus comprising:
- a cannula having a dimension suitable for percutaneous advancement through a blood vessel, the cannula comprising a proximal end and a distal end;
- a balloon axially coupled to an exterior surface of the cannula at or adjacent the distal end of the cannula, the balloon comprising a property such that when inflated to a plurality of selected increasing inflation volumes the balloon forms a plurality of predictably increasing radial outer diameters and has an inflation pressure that increases by less than five percent in pressure.
26. The apparatus of claim 25 wherein the plurality of selected increasing inflation volumes increase from 0.05 cubic centimeters to 0.2 cubic centimeters by steps of between 0.005 cubic centimeters and 0.05 cubic centimeters in volume, the inflation pressure of the balloon is between 0.5 atmospheres and 5 atmospheres in pressure, the plurality of predictably increasing outer diameters increase from 2.5 millimeters and 8 millimeters in diameter by steps of 0.25 millimeters in diameter, includes a length of the balloon between 5 millimeters and 10 millimeters in length, and wherein the plurality of predictably increasing outer diameters are equally spaced increments in diameter of between 0.2 millimeter and 0.4 millimeter increase in diameter.
27. The apparatus of claim 25 wherein the balloon material is at least one of a styrene isoprene styrene (SIS), styrene butadiene styrene (SBS), styrene ethylene butylene styrene (SEBS), polyetherurethane, ethyl propylene, ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA), ethylene methacrylic acid, ethylene methyl acrylate, and ethylene methyl acrylate acrylic acid.
28. An apparatus comprising:
- a cannula having a dimension suitable for percutaneous advancement through a blood vessel, the cannula comprising a proximal end and a distal end;
- a balloon axially coupled to an exterior surface of the cannula at or adjacent the distal end of the cannula, the balloon comprises a property such that when inflated to a first inflation volume, the balloon has a first inflated axial length and an outer diameter of the balloon exerts a first inflation pressure on an inner diameter of a blood vessel sufficient to occlude the blood vessel at a treatment region, and when inflated to a second greater inflation volume, the balloon has a second inflated axial length that is sufficiently greater than the first inflated axial length to allow the outer diameter of the balloon to exert a second inflation pressure that is less than five percent greater than the first inflated pressure on the inner diameter.
29. The apparatus of claim 28 wherein the balloon has a pre-inflated outer diameter of between 1 millimeter and 3 millimeters in diameter, an inflated outer diameter between 2 millimeters and 20 millimeters at an inflation pressure of between 0.5 atmosphere and 4 atmospheres in pressure, and an inflated axial length that increases with increasing inflation volume to allow the balloon to occlude the blood vessel while the balloon inflated outer diameter maintains an inflation pressure of between 3 atmosphere and 4 atmospheres pressure on an inner diameter of the blood vessel; and wherein the balloon material is at least one of a styrene isoprene styrene (SIS), styrene butadiene styrene (SBS), styrene ethylene butylene styrene (SEBS), polyetherurethane, ethyl propylene, ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA), ethylene methacrylic acid, ethylene methyl acrylate, and ethylene methyl acrylate acrylic acid.
30. The apparatus of claim 28 wherein the balloon has a pre-inflated outer diameter of between 0.025 inches and 0.065 inches in diameter, a pre-inflated length of between 2 millimeters and 30 millimeters in length, and a pre-inflated wall thickness of between 0.002 inches and 0.02 inches in thickness, has an inflated outer diameter of between 1.25 millimeters and 12 millimeters in diameter, and a wall thickness that decreases by between ten percent and 75 percent in thickness at an inflation pressure of between 3 atmosphere and 4 atmospheres in pressure.
31. The apparatus of claim 28 wherein the cannula functions as one or more of a guide catheter, a delivery catheter, and a guidewire catheter; and wherein the axial coupling of the balloon to the cannula includes shrink tube bonding the balloon to a cannula such that an exterior surface of the balloon forms a symmetrical shape with respect to an axis of the cannula when the balloon is inflated over a range of inflation volumes.
32. An apparatus comprising:
- a cannula having an outer diameter less than 0.090 inches, a proximal end, and a distal end;
- a balloon axially coupled to an exterior surface of the cannula at or adjacent the distal end of the cannula, the balloon comprising a property such that when inflated to a selected inflation volume the balloon will expand in size to an outer diameter sufficient to occlude the blood vessel; and
- an infusion lumen having an inner diameter greater than 0.010 inches extending from the proximal end to the distal end of the cannula and exiting an infusion opening distal to the balloon;
- an accessory lumen extending from the proximal end to the distal end of the cannula and exiting an accessory opening distal to the balloon;
- wherein at least one of the infusion lumen and the accessory lumen is adapted to have a guide wire disposed therethrough to guide the cannula through the blood vessel to a treatment region.
33. The apparatus of claim 30 wherein the cannula has a dimension suitable to be received within a guide catheter having an outer diameter in a range between 5 French and 9 French the accessory lumen has an inner diameter that is less than the inner diameter of the infusion lumen, and the cannula has a shaft having an outer diameter less than 0.060 inches.
34. The apparatus of claim 30 wherein the balloon comprises a property such that the balloon has an inflation pressure of less than five atmospheres of pressure at the selected inflation volume, the balloon comprises a property such that when inflated to a plurality of increasing inflation volumes the balloon forms a plurality of increasing radial outer diameters and has an inflation pressure that increases by less than five percent in pressure, and the balloon will expand in size to an outer diameter in a range of between 1 millimeter and 15 millimeters in diameter controlled by volume injection of one of a gas and a fluid.
35. The apparatus of claim 30 wherein the cannula further includes a balloon inflation lumen extending from the proximal end of the cannula to the balloon; wherein the accessory lumen extends a first length, the infusion lumen extends a second length, and the inflation lumen extends a third length in distance beyond the proximal end of the cannula, and at least one of the first, second and third length is a different distance in length; and wherein the accessory lumen has a dimension suitable to infuse a first volume of treatment agent to the treatment region; and the balloon inflation lumen has a dimension suitable to inflate the balloon with a volume of one of a gas and a liquid to an inflation pressure of less than six atmospheres.
36. The apparatus of claim 30 wherein at least one of the accessory lumen, the infusion lumen, and the inflation lumen are attached to a luer adapter at the proximal end of the cannula, and the luer adapter includes:
- an infusion port having a spring-loaded pressure seal; and
- a balloon inflation port having a syringe.
37. The apparatus of claim 30 wherein the accessory lumen has a dimension suitable to allow on of a device to be coupled to a proximal end of the accessory lumen and a device to be disposed through the accessory lumen to measure of one of CRF, EKG, 02 level, pressure, flow, blood sampling, and temperature at the treatment region; wherein the infusion lumen and the accessory lumen each include one of a reinforcing mandrel disposed within the cannula and extending from the proximal end of the cannula to the balloon, a braid reinforced polymer tube, and a coil reinforced polymer tube; and, wherein at least one of the infusion lumen and the accessory lumen is adapted to receive the guide wire, have the guide wire disposed therein and exiting a proximal opening at the proximal end of the cannula such that the cannula can be used in an over-the-wire fashion, and have the guide wire removed therefrom.
38. The apparatus of claim 30 wherein the cannula further comprises a support mandrel disposed within the cannula and extending from the proximal end of the cannula to the balloon, and the support mandrel has one of a constant outer diameter of less than 0.017 inches in diameter, and a proximal outer diameter of less than 0.017 inches in diameter and steps down to a plurality of lesser outer diameters to a distal diameter of between 0.012 inches and 0.003 inches in diameter.
39. The apparatus of claim 38 wherein the support mandrel is anchored to at least one of a proximal adapter at the proximal end of the cannula and the cannula where the balloon is coupled to the exterior surface of the cannula.
40. An apparatus comprising:
- a cannula having a proximal end, and a distal end;
- a balloon axially coupled to an exterior surface of the cannula at or adjacent the distal end of the cannula, the balloon comprising a property such that when inflated the balloon will expand in size to an outer diameter sufficient to occlude the blood vessel at a treatment region;
- a guidewire tube extending from the proximal end to the distal end of the cannula and exiting a guidewire opening in the distal end of the cannula;
- an infusion tube around the guidewire tube extending from the proximal end to the distal end of the cannula and exiting an infusion opening in the distal end of the cannula;
- an inflation lumen defined between the infusion tube and the cannula;
- wherein the guidewire tube, infusion tube, and inflation lumen are co-axially aligned with an axis of the cannula.
41. The apparatus of claim 40 wherein the inflation lumen extends from the proximal end of the cannula to the balloon and has a dimension suitable to inflate the balloon, the infusion tube has an outer diameter sufficient to infuse a treatment agent to the treatment region distal to the balloon, and the guidewire tube has a sufficient outer diameter and is adapted to have a guide wire disposed therethrough to guide the cannula through the blood vessel to a treatment region.
42. The apparatus of claim 40 wherein the guidewire tube, the infusion tube, and the inflation lumen have a circular cross sectional shape with respect to an axis of the cannula; wherein the cannula exterior surface has a circular cross sectional shape with respect to an axis of the cannula where the balloon is axially coupled to the exterior surface of the cannula; and wherein the infusion tube is coupled to the exterior surface of the guidewire tube at a location distal to the balloon.
43. An apparatus comprising:
- a cannula having a proximal end, and a distal end;
- a balloon axially coupled to an exterior surface of the cannula at or adjacent the distal end of the cannula, the balloon comprising a property such that when inflated the balloon will expand in size to an outer diameter sufficient to occlude the blood vessel at a treatment region;
- a guidewire tube extending from the proximal end to the distal end of the cannula and exiting a guidewire opening in the distal end of the cannula, the guidewire tube co-linearly or co-axially aligned with an axis of the cannula;
- an infusion lumen defined between the guidewire tube and the cannula;
- an inflation tube extending from the proximal end of the cannula to the balloon, the inflation tube co-linearly aligned with an axis of the cannula.
44. The apparatus of claim 44 wherein the infusion lumen is co-linearly or co-axially aligned with the cannula; and wherein the inflation tube extends from the proximal end of the cannula to the balloon and has a dimension suitable to inflate the balloon, the infusion lumen has a dimension sufficient to infuse a treatment agent to the treatment region distal to the balloon, and the guidewire tube has a sufficient outer diameter and is adapted to have a guide wire disposed therethrough to guide the cannula through the blood vessel to a treatment region.
45. The apparatus of claim 40 wherein the guidewire tube and the infusion lumen have a circular cross sectional shape with respect to an axis of the cannula; wherein the cannula exterior surface has a circular cross sectional shape with respect to an axis of the cannula where the balloon is axially coupled to the exterior surface of the cannula; and wherein the infusion tube is attached to the exterior surface of the guidewire tube at a location distal to the balloon.
46. An apparatus comprising:
- a cannula having a proximal end, and a distal end;
- a balloon axially coupled to an exterior surface of the cannula at or adjacent the distal end of the cannula, the balloon comprising a property such that when inflated to a selected inflation volume the balloon will expand in size to an outer diameter sufficient to occlude the blood vessel at a treatment region;
- a lumen extending from the proximal end to the distal end of the cannula and exiting an opening in the cannula distal to the balloon;
- at least one hole through the exterior surface of the cannula and to the lumen at a location proximal to the balloon to allow perfusion of a blood or a treatment agent between a location in the blood vessel proximal to the balloon and the treatment region.
47. The apparatus of claim 47 further including a guidewire disposed through lumen and slidably adjustable such that a distal end of the guidewire can be extended past the at least one hole; wherein guidewire lumen has an inner diameter and the guidewire has an outer diameter sufficient in diameter to occlude the guidewire lumen; and wherein the at least one hole includes between four and eight holes and the guidewire has a dimension to be slidably adjustable to extend or retract a distal end of the guidewire to a location past none or any of the holes.
48. The apparatus of claim 47 wherein the at least one hole includes a plurality of holes having different sizes to perfuse blood at a flow rate of between a full flow and a plurality of fractions of the full flow, the different sizes increase in size from a most distal hole to a most proximate hole, and the holes are oriented longitudinally with respect to an axis of the cannula.
49. An apparatus comprising:
- a cannula having a proximal end, and a distal end;
- a balloon axially coupled to an exterior surface of the cannula at or adjacent the distal end of the cannula, the balloon comprising a property such that when inflated to a selected inflation volume the balloon will expand in size to an outer diameter sufficient to occlude the blood vessel at a treatment region;
- the cannula having a lumen having a proximal end at a location proximal to the balloon and extending to a distal end at a location distal to the balloon, a proximal hole through the exterior surface of the cannula and to the lumen at a location proximal to the balloon, and a distal hole through the exterior surface of the cannula and to the lumen at a location distal to the balloon.
50. The apparatus of claim 49 wherein the lumen, the proximal hole and the distal hole have a dimension suitable to allow perfusion of a blood or a treatment agent between a location in the blood vessel proximal to the balloon and the treatment region, and the proximal hole has a selected diameter and the distal hole has a selected diameter to control an amount of a blood or a treatment agent to perfuse between the selected holes and the lumen.
51. The apparatus of claim 49 wherein the cannula further comprises one of an infusion lumen extending from the proximal end of the cannula to a infusion exit through the exterior surface of the cannula at a location proximal to the balloon to deliver treatment agent to the blood vessel proximal to the balloon, and an infusion lumen extending from the proximal end of the cannula to a infusion exit through the exterior surface of the cannula at a location distal to the balloon to deliver treatment agent to the blood vessel distal to the balloon.
52. The apparatus of claim 49 wherein the cannula further comprises a first infusion lumen extending from the proximal end of the cannula to a infusion exit through the exterior surface of the cannula at a location proximal to the balloon to deliver treatment agent to the blood vessel proximal to the balloon, and a second infusion lumen extending from the proximal end of the cannula to a infusion exit through the exterior surface of the cannula at a location distal to the balloon to deliver treatment agent to the blood vessel distal to the balloon.
53. The apparatus of claim 49 further comprising:
- a proximal balloon axially coupled to an exterior surface of the cannula proximal to the balloon, the proximal balloon comprising a property such that when inflated to a selected inflation volume the balloon will expand in size to an outer diameter sufficient to occlude the blood vessel proximal to the a treatment region;
- wherein the cannula further comprises a first infusion lumen extending from the proximal end of the cannula to a first exit through the exterior surface of the cannula at a location between the balloon and the proximal balloon to deliver treatment agent to the treatment region, and a second infusion or pressure sensing lumen extending from the proximal end of the cannula to a second exit through the exterior surface of the cannula at a location between the balloon and the proximal balloon to deliver treatment agent to or sense pressure at the treatment region.
54. A catheter comprising:
- a shaft comprising a proximal end and a distal end, and defining a delivery lumen through a portion thereof, the delivery lumen comprising a proximal end and a distal end;
- a delivery port coupled to the distal end of the delivery lumen;
- a pressure monitoring lumen, a portion of the pressure monitoring lumen disposed within the shaft, comprising a proximal end and a distal end;
- a pressure port coupled to the distal end of the pressure monitoring lumen;
- a balloon inflation lumen, a portion of the balloon inflation lumen disposed within the shaft, comprising a proximal end and a distal end;
- a balloon adjacent to the distal end of the flexible shaft, the balloon comprising at least one material selected from the group consisting of polyether block amide resins, blends of polyether block amide resins, a composite including an elastomeric material and EPTFE, a styrene-isoprene-styrene tri-Block copolymer, and blends and mixtures thereof;
- wherein the balloon is adapted to inflate to at least an elasticity of about 40% at a pre-determined gauge pressure of about 0.5 to about 6.0 atmospheres;
- a balloon inflation port within the balloon and coupled to the distal end of the balloon inflation lumen;
- wherein at least one of the delivery lumen and pressure monitoring lumen are adapted to receive a guidewire.
55. The catheter of claim 54 wherein the delivery lumen is distal to the pressure monitoring lumen defining at least one of a tapered and a staggered tip, and the delivery lumen is adapted to receive the guidewire; or wherein the pressure monitoring lumen is distal to the delivery lumen defining at least one of a tapered and a staggered tip, and the pressure monitoring lumen is adapted to receive the guidewire.
56. A catheter comprising:
- a shaft comprising a proximal end and a distal end and defining a delivery lumen through a portion thereof, the delivery lumen comprising a proximal end and a distal end;
- a delivery port coupled to the distal end of the delivery lumen;
- a pressure monitoring lumen comprising a proximal end and a distal end, a portion of the pressure monitoring lumen disposed within the flexible shaft;
- a pressure port coupled to the distal end of the pressure monitoring lumen;
- a balloon inflation lumen comprising a proximal end and a distal end, a portion of the balloon inflation lumen within the flexible shaft;
- a balloon adjacent to the distal end of the flexible shaft, the balloon comprising at least one material selected from the group consisting of polyether block amide resins, blends of polyether block amide resins, a composite including an elastomeric material and EPTFE, a styrene-isoprene-styrene tri-Block copolymer, and blends and mixtures thereof;
- a balloon inflation port coupled to the distal end of the balloon inflation lumen and the balloon inflation port within the balloon;
- wherein a first wall thickness of the balloon adjacent a proximal end of the balloon is smaller than a second wall thickness of the balloon adjacent a distal end of the balloon; and
- wherein upon inflation, a first diameter of the balloon adjacent to a proximal end of the balloon is larger than a second diameter adjacent a distal end of the balloon.
57. The catheter of claim 56 wherein the balloon, upon inflation, has one of a tapered balloon shape, and a conical balloon shape.
58. A catheter comprising:
- a shaft comprising a proximal end and a distal end, and defining a delivery lumen through a portion thereof, the delivery lumen comprising a proximal end and a distal end;
- a delivery port coupled to the distal end of the delivery lumen;
- a pressure monitoring lumen, a portion of the pressure monitoring lumen disposed within the shaft, comprising a proximal end and a distal end;
- a pressure port coupled to the distal end of the pressure monitoring lumen;
- a balloon inflation lumen, a portion of the balloon inflation lumen disposed within the shaft, comprising a proximal end and a distal end;
- a balloon adjacent to the distal end of the flexible shaft, the balloon comprising at least one material selected from the group consisting of polyether block amide resins, blends of polyether block amide resins, a composite including an elastomeric material and EPTFE, a styrene-isoprene-styrene tri-Block copolymer, and blends and mixtures thereof;
- a balloon inflation port within the balloon and coupled to the distal end of the balloon inflation lumen;
- wherein the delivery lumen is distal to the pressure monitoring lumen defining at least one of a tapered and a staggered tip, and the delivery lumen is adapted to receive the guidewire.
Type: Application
Filed: Oct 24, 2007
Publication Date: Jan 1, 2009
Inventors: Jessica G. Chiu (Belmont, CA), Gregory Waimong Chan (Mountain View, CA), Gabriel Asongwe (San Jose, CA), Robert C. Esselstein (Fallbrook, CA), Douglas Gesswein (Temecula, CA), Srinivasan Sridharan (Morgan Hill, CA), Nianjiong Joan Bei (Foster City, CA), William E. Webler (Escondido, CA), Stephen G. Schaible (Anaheim, CA), Mina Chow (Campbell, CA), Yan Shen (Sunnyvale, CA), Hongzhi Bai (Menlo Park, CA), Mark J. Bly (Saint Paul, MN), Thomas R. Hatten (Los Altos, CA)
Application Number: 11/877,967
International Classification: A61M 25/10 (20060101); A61M 25/09 (20060101);