Dilating and imaging apparatus

A - Human Necessities – 61 – M

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A61M 25/10 (2006.01) A61B 8/12 (2006.01) A61M 29/02 (2006.01)

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CA 2076378

A dilating and imaging apparatus for attaching to and receiving pressurized fluid from a distal end of a catheter. The apparatus includes an inflatable balloon and an imaging device positioned behind an expandable portion of the balloon and upstream of the flow of pressurized fluid into the balloon so as to enable the balloon to deflate and achieve a smaller diameter than that of the imaging device, thus enabling the apparatus to enter a stenosis having a smaller diameter than the imaging device. In one embodiment of the invention, the imaging device can be maneuvered within the balloon while the balloon is inflated and dilating the stenosis.

Appareil de dilatation et d'imagerie (10) destiné à être relié à un fluide sous pression et à recevoir ledit fluide sous pression provenant de l'extrémité distale d'un cathéter. L'appareil comprend un ballonnet gonflable (18) et un dispositif d'imagerie (44) positioné derrière une partie expansible du ballonnet et en amont de l'écoulement du fluide sous pression dans le ballonnet de manière à permettre au ballonnet de se dégonfler et d'atteindre un diamètre inférieur à celui du dispositif d'imagerie (44), ce procédé permettant d'introduire l'appareil dans une sténose ayant un diamètre inférieur à celui du dispositif d'imagerie. Dans un mode d'éxecution de l'invention, le dispositif d'imagerie peut être manoeuvré à l'intérieur du ballonnet, lorsque celui-ci est gonflé et dilate la sténose.

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