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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 05, 2012
Erhan H. Gunday, Great Neck, NY (US);
Lawrence J. Gerrans, San Anselmo, CA (US);
Lon Chu, Pacifica, CA (US);
Erhan H. Gunday, Great Neck, NY (US);
Lawrence J. Gerrans, San Anselmo, CA (US);
Lon Chu, Pacifica, CA (US);
Sanovas Intellectual Property, LLC, Reno, NV (US);
Abstract
A balloon catheter for providing a 3-dimensional rendering of the interior of a cavity, the catheter system including a controller, a catheter connected to the controller and a balloon positioned on the catheter. The balloon includes a mesh having members extending longitudinally and circumferentially about the balloon where each member of the mesh has an electrical characteristic that changes as the member is deformed. The controller uses a measurement of the variable electrical characteristic to generate a three-dimensional rendering of an interior surface of the cavity, which can be rotating to different viewing angles.