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Patent US8137333 - Delivery of biological compounds to ischemic and/or infarcted tissue - Google PatentsSearch Images Maps Play YouTube News Gmail Drive More »Sign inAdvanced Patent SearchPatentsThe delivery of biological compounds to ischemic and/or infarcted tissue are described herein where such a system may include a deployment catheter and an attached imaging hood deployable into an expanded configuration. In use, the imaging hood is placed against or adjacent to a region of tissue to be...http://www.google.com/patents/US8137333?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US8137333 - Delivery of biological compounds to ischemic and/or infarcted tissueAdvanced Patent SearchPublication numberUS8137333 B2Publication typeGrantApplication numberUS 11/828,267Publication dateMar 20, 2012Filing dateJul 25, 2007Priority dateOct 25, 2005Also published asUS8814845, US20080033290, US20120004544, US20120226166Publication number11828267, 828267, US 8137333 B2, US 8137333B2, US-B2-8137333, US8137333 B2, US8137333B2InventorsVahid Saadat, Sekhar A. RaoOriginal AssigneeVoyage Medical, Inc.Export CitationBiBTeX, EndNote, RefManPatent Citations (107), Non-Patent Citations (76), Classifications (19), Legal Events (3) External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, EspacenetDelivery of biological compounds to ischemic and/or infarcted tissueUS 8137333 B2Abstract The delivery of biological compounds to ischemic and/or infarcted tissue are described herein where such a system may include a deployment catheter and an attached imaging hood deployable into an expanded configuration. In use, the imaging hood is placed against or adjacent to a region of tissue to be imaged in a body lumen that is normally filled with an opaque bodily fluid such as blood. A translucent or transparent fluid, such as saline, can be pumped into the imaging hood until the fluid displaces any blood, thereby leaving a clear region of tissue to be imaged via an imaging element in the deployment catheter. Additionally, any number of therapeutic tools can also be passed through the deployment catheter and into the imaging hood for performing any number of procedures on the tissue for identifying, locating, and/or accessing ischemic and/or infarcted tissue.
What is claimed is: 1. A method of identifying a tissue region of interest for treatment, comprising:
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS This application claims the benefit of priority to U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 60/821,117 filed Aug. 1, 2006 and is also a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/259,498 filed Oct. 25, 2005 (now U.S. Pat. No. 7,860,555), each of which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates generally to medical devices used for accessing, visualizing, and/or treating regions of tissue within a body. More particularly, the present invention relates to methods and apparatus for locating and accessing ischemic and/or infracted tissue and for treating the tissue by delivering biologically active compounds within a patient heart.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING FIG. 1A shows a side view of one variation of a tissue imaging apparatus during deployment from a sheath or delivery catheter.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION A tissue-imaging and manipulation apparatus described below is able to provide real-time images in vivo of tissue regions within a body lumen such as a heart, which is filled with blood flowing dynamically therethrough and is also able to provide intravascular tools and instruments for performing various procedures upon the imaged tissue regions. Such an apparatus may be utilized for many procedures, e.g., facilitating trans-septal access to the left atrium, cannulating the coronary sinus, diagnosis of valve regurgitation/stenosis, valvuloplasty, atrial appendage closure, arrhythmogenic focus ablation, among other procedures. Details of tissue imaging and manipulation systems and methods which may be utilized with apparatus and methods described herein are described in U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/259,498 filed Oct. 25, 2005 (U.S. Pat. Pub. No. 2006/0184048 A1), which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.
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