Self-aligning catheter

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A61M 25/01 (2006.01) A61B 1/005 (2006.01) A61B 5/042 (2006.01) A61B 8/06 (2006.01) A61B 8/12 (2006.01) A61B 17/22 (2006.01) A61B 8/08 (2006.01) A61B 17/00 (2006.01) A61B 17/34 (2006.01) A61B 18/22 (2006.01) A61B 18/24 (2006.01) A61B 19/00 (2006.01) A61N 1/05 (2006.01)

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CA 2255807

This invention is a flexible, elongate probe (20) having a distal end for insertion through physiological tissue, preferably through a lumen in the tissue. The probe (20) includes a sensor (28), which generates signals indicative of a characteristic of the tissue in a vicinity of the probe (20), and an alignment mechanism which deflects the distal end of the probe (20) in response to the signals. The signals may be indicative of obstructions or of the direction of a clear channel in the lumen. The sensor (28) preferably comprises one or more ultrasound transducers (32).

Cette invention concerne une sonde flexible allongée (20) présentant une extrémité distale destinée à être insérée à travers des tissus physiologiques, de préférence par une lumière se trouvant dans les tissus. La sonde (20) comprend un capteur (28), lequel génère des signaux indiquant une caractéristique des tissus se trouvant à proximité de la sonde (20), et un mécanisme d'alignement faisant dévier l'extrémité distale de la sonde (20) en réponse aux signaux. Les signaux peuvent indiquer des obstructions ou la direction d'une voie libre dans la lumière. Le capteur (28) comprend de préférence un ou plusieurs transducteurs à ultrasons (32).

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