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US 2016/0256076 A1Published application
Luminal organ sizing devices and methods
Assignee3DT Holdings, LLC
InventorGhassan S. Kassab
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Abstract
Luminal organ sizing devices and methods. In at least one embodiment of a method of the present disclosure, the method comprises the steps of introducing at least part of a first device into a luminal organ at an aperture or opening of the luminal organ, the first device having a balloon positioned thereon; inflating the balloon at the aperture or opening of the luminal organ until a point of apposition is achieved; and obtaining a first aperture or opening measurement based upon the point of apposition.
Claims20
A method, comprising the steps of:
- introducing at least part of a first device into a luminal organ at an aperture or opening of the luminal organ, the first device having a balloon positioned thereon;
- inflating the balloon at the aperture or opening of the luminal organ until a point of apposition is achieved;
- and
- obtaining a first aperture or opening measurement based upon the point of apposition.
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A method, comprising the steps of:
- introducing at least part of a first device into a luminal organ so that a balloon of the first device is positioned at an aperture or opening of the luminal organ;
- inflating the balloon at the aperture or opening and obtaining conductance data within the balloon at various stages of balloon inflation using a detector positioned within the balloon;
- determining various size measurements of the balloon corresponding to the conductance data obtained at the various stages of balloon inflation;
- and
- determining compliance of the luminal organ at the aperture or opening based upon the various size measurements.
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A method, comprising the steps of:
- introducing at least part of a first device into a luminal organ so that a balloon of the first device is positioned at an aperture or opening of the luminal organ;
- first inflating the balloon at the aperture or opening and obtaining first conductance data within the balloon at various stages of balloon inflation until the balloon contacts the luminal organ at the aperture or opening;
- second inflating the balloon at the aperture or opening and obtaining second conductance data within the balloon at various stages of balloon inflation after the balloon contacts the luminal organ at the aperture or opening;
- determining various size measurements of the balloon corresponding to the second conductance data;
- and
- determining compliance of the luminal organ at the aperture or opening based upon the various size measurements.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.