Cti Vascular Ag

Valentin Nickel

Marc Gianotti

Ulf Fritz

Michael Jetter

Dragana Gajic

Martin Rickert

Sabina Silva

Andreas Bodmer

Dragana Margeta

The current document is directed to length-adjustable catheters and methods that employ length-adjustable catheters to treat malformations, constrictions, obstructions, lesions, and blockages within patients' blood vessels. The length of the shaft of a length-adjustable catheter, to which the current application is directed, can be adjusted over a range of lengths prior to and during medical procedures. In many implementations, length adjustment is accompanied by indications, to the medical provider, of the extent of a length adjustment. The indications may include one or more of visual markings, haptic feedback, radio-opaque markings, and/or other types of indications. In many implementations, the variable-length mechanism of the length-adjustable catheter is mechanically lockable following length adjustment.

Length-adjustable catheter and method that employs a length-adjustable catheter to treat vascular pathologies

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Valentin Nickel