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| 20080217564 | Protected control console apparatuses - An apparatus for control of a procedure, comprising: a communications interface; a control console, wherein the control console is adapted to provide control commands via the communications interface to at least one of: at least one imaging device or at least one medical instrument used to perform the procedure; and, at least one radiation shield attached to the control console and positioned between the control console and a patient on which the procedure is being performed, wherein the apparatus is separately movable from at least one of the at least one imaging device, the patient or the at least one medical instrument. | 09-11-2008 |
| 20090012595 | Therapeutic Drug-Eluting Endoluminal Covering - The present invention is of methods of preventing restenosis and promoting vascular re-healing. Specifically, the present invention is of a method of exposing the luminal wall of a blood vessel to a substance by deploying a drug-eluting polymer film inside the lumen of a blood vessel during or following angioplasty. | 01-08-2009 |
| 20090131955 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR TREATMENT OF HOLLOW ORGANS - An apparatus for treating a lumen, comprising: at least one mapping tool, wherein the at least one mapping tool is adapted and constructed to provide at least a partial map of an internal surface of the lumen; a display, adapted and constructed to permit the identification of at least one point of interest in the lumen, using the at least partial map; at least one sensor, wherein data retrieved from the at least one sensor is compared to the at least partial map for navigating at least one procedural instrument within the lumen; and, wherein treatment by the at least one procedural instrument occurs when sensed data compared with the at least partial map indicates the that least one procedural instrument is at at least one point of interest. In some exemplary embodiments of the invention, treatment is performed from a remote location in relation to the patient. Optionally, a propulsion apparatus navigates at least one procedural instrument in a lumen in response to commands from a controller. | 05-21-2009 |
| 20090221958 | User interface for remote control catheterization - A remote control catheterization system comprising: a propelling device, which controllably inserts a flexible, elongate probe into the body of a patient; and a control unit, in communication with the propelling device, and comprising user controls which are operated by a user of the system remote from the patient to control insertion of the probe into the body by the propelling device, wherein the user controls include an intuitive user interface comprising a handle that can be moved longitudinally, forward and back along a longitudinal axis, and also can be moved rotationally, in rotation around the longitudinal axis; the intuitive user interface comprising motion sensors that detect longitudinal motion and rotational motion of the handle and convert them to signals; and signal communication circuitry that communicates the signals to the control unit for commanding the propelling device to move the probe in respective direction and distance as the handle. | 09-03-2009 |
