Improved system with an inflatable member and imaging device for being arranged in the patient's respiratory tract
AssigneeStroke2Prevent BV
InventorArno NIERICH
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Abstract
A system with an inflatable member (10) configured for being arranged in part of the patient's respiratory tract, comprising a catheter (20) carrying an inflatable member (10) to be arranged in the respiratory tract, said catheter being provided with a fluid line (25) for filling 5 the inflatable member (10) with a fluid; said catheter having a first end (21) intended for being located outside of the patient's body and a second end (22) intended for being located in the patient's respiratory tract; an imaging device (30) attached to or integrated with the second end (22) of the catheter.
Claims21
A system with an inflatable member configured for being arranged in part of the patient's respiratory tract, comprising:
- a catheter carrying an inflatable member to be arranged in the respiratory tract, said catheter being provided with a fluid line for filling the inflatable member with a fluid;
- said catheter having a first end intended for being located outside of the patient's body and a second end intended for being located in the patient's respiratory tract;
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- an imaging device attached to or integrated with the second end of the catheter.
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A system with an inflatable member configured for being arranged in part of the patient's respiratory tract, comprising:
- a catheter carrying an inflatable member to be arranged in the respiratory tract, said catheter being provided with a fluid line for filling the inflatable member with a fluid;
- said catheter having a first end intended for being located outside of the patient's body and a second end intended for being located in the patient's respiratory tract;
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- an imaging device attached to or integrated with the second end of the catheter;
- and a tube for guiding the catheter carrying the inflatable member, wherein said tube is stiffer than the catheter.
A system with an inflatable member configured for being arranged in part of the patient's respiratory tract, comprising:
- a flexible catheter carrying an inflatable member to be arranged in the respiratory tract, said catheter being provided with a fluid line for filling the inflatable member with a fluid;
- said catheter having a first end intended for being located outside of the patient's body and a second end intended for being located in the patient's respiratory tract;
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- an imaging device with a housing that is stiffer than the flexible catheter, wherein said housing is attached to the second end of the catheter and is shaped so as to ease manipulation and positioning of the second end of the catheter.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.