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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2020
Filed:
Aug. 26, 2015
Cti Vascular Ag, Neuhausen, CH;
Marc Gianotti, Wiesendangen, CH;
Michael Jetter, Thayngen, CH;
Martin Rickert, Rottweil, DE;
Dragana Gajic, Schaffhausen, CH;
Sabina Silva, Diessenhofen, CH;
Andreas Bodmer, Windisch, CH;
Valentin Nickel, Singen-Schlatt, DE;
Ulf Fritz, Tengen, DE;
CTI Vascular AG, Neuhausen, CH;
Abstract
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.