# US 2025/0082910 A1 · Balloon catheter system with repair function

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- Number: US 2025/0082910 A1
- Document ID: US20250082910A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 18/743,066
- Filed: 2024-06-13
- Published: 2025-03-13
- Earliest claimed: 2023-09-08
- Assignees: Hangzhou Matrix Medical Technology Co., Ltd.
- Applicants: Hangzhou Matrix Medical Technology Co., Ltd.
- Inventors: Chenguang Zhang; Peihong Ji; Yudong Wang
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20250082910A1

## CPC

- A61M 25/10: Balloon catheters ({A61M25/0125 takes precedence; embolectomy A61B17/22032; retractors A61B17/02;} inflatable balloons for placing stents or stent-grafts A61F2/958 {; stomach balloons for treatment of obesity A61F5/0003; oesophagal tubes A61J15/00})
- A61F 2/958: Inflatable balloons for placing stents or stent-grafts
- A61L 29/16: Biologically active materials, e.g. therapeutic substances {(A61L29/048 takes precedence)}
- A61M 25/0023: {by the form of the lumen, e.g. cross-section, variable diameter}
- A61M 25/104: {used for angioplasty}
- A61B 18/24: with a catheter (A61B18/26, A61B18/28 take precedence)
- A61B 2018/2211: {Plurality of fibres}
- A61M 2025/0004: {having two or more concentrically arranged tubes for forming a concentric catheter system}
- A61M 2025/0177: {having external means for receiving guide wires, wires or stiffening members, e.g. loops, clamps or lateral tubes}
- A61M 2025/018: {Catheters having a lateral opening for guiding elongated means lateral to the catheter}
- A61M 2025/0183: {Rapid exchange or monorail catheters}
- A61M 2025/105: {having a balloon suitable for drug delivery, e.g. by using holes for delivery, drug coating or membranes}
- A61M 2025/1075: {having a balloon composed of several layers, e.g. by coating or embedding}
- A61M 2025/1086: {having a special balloon surface topography, e.g. pores, protuberances, spikes or grooves}
- A61M 2025/1088: {having special surface characteristics depending on material properties or added substances, e.g. for reducing friction}
- A61M 2025/1093: {having particular tip characteristics}
- A61M 2205/0216: Materials providing elastic properties, e.g. for facilitating deformation and avoid breaking
- A61M 2205/0233: Conductive materials, e.g. antistatic coatings for spark prevention
- A61M 2205/025: Materials providing resistance against corrosion
- A61M 2205/0266: Shape memory materials
- A61M 2205/051: with radiation therapy
- A61M 2205/33: Controlling, regulating or measuring
- A61N 2005/0602: {for treatment of blood vessels}
- A61N 2005/063: {comprising light transmitting means, e.g. optical fibres}
- A61N 2005/0662: {Visible light}
- A61M: DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY (introducing media into or onto the bodies of animals A61D7/00; means for inserting tampons A61F13/26; devices for administering food or medicines orally A61J; containers for collecting, storing or administering blood or medical fluids A61J1/05); DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY (surgery A61B; chemical aspects of surgical articles A61L); DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR {(Electrotherapy, e.g. producing anaesthesia by the use of alternating or intermittent currents A61N1/36021)}
- A61F: FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS (dental prosthetics A61C)
- A61L: METHODS OR APPARATUS FOR STERILISING MATERIALS OR OBJECTS IN GENERAL; DISINFECTION, STERILISATION OR DEODORISATION OF AIR; CHEMICAL ASPECTS OF BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS OR SURGICAL ARTICLES; MATERIALS FOR BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS OR SURGICAL ARTICLES (preservation of bodies or disinfecting characterised by the agents employed A01N; preserving, e.g. sterilising, food or foodstuffs A23; preparations for medical, dental or toiletry purposes A61K)
- A61B: DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION (usefulness limited to only animals A61D)
- A61N: ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; RADIATION THERAPY; ULTRASOUND THERAPY (measurement of bioelectric currents A61B; surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body A61B18/00; anaesthetic apparatus in general A61M; incandescent lamps H01K; infrared radiators for heating H05B)

## Abstract

The present disclosure discloses a balloon catheter system with repair function, including: a tube body, having a distal end and a proximal end opposite to the distal end, and the tube body at least forming a fluid channel and an optical fiber channel; a balloon body, located at an outer periphery of the distal end of the tube body and communicating with the fluid channel; an optical fiber, arranged in the optical fiber channel and having a light emitting section extending to a position of the balloon body; and a laser generator, connected to a proximal end of the optical fiber and emitting a laser having a repair function with a wavelength ranging from 400 to 750 nm. The balloon catheter system provided by the present disclosure can effectively repair the tearing site of the vascular wall.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A balloon catheter system with repair function, comprising:
a tube body, having a distal end and a proximal end opposite to the distal end, and the tube body at least forming a fluid channel and an optical fiber channel;
a balloon body, located at an outer periphery of the distal end of the tube body and communicating with the fluid channel;
an optical fiber, arranged in the optical fiber channel and having a light emitting section extending to a position of the balloon body; and
a laser generator, connected to a proximal end of the optical fiber and emitting a laser having a repair function with a wavelength ranging from 400 to 750 nm.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The balloon catheter system according to claim 1, wherein a power of the laser emitted by the laser generator ranges from 10 to 30 mW.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The balloon catheter system according to claim 1, wherein the laser having a predetermined wavelength is emitted by the laser generator in the following sequence in each working cycle:
in an initial stage, the laser has a power ranging from 5 to 8 mW/cm2 and lasts for 10 to 20 s;
in an intermediate stage, the laser has a power ranging from 10 to 30 mW/cm2 and lasts for 120 to 180 s; and
in a final stage, the laser has a power ranging from 5 to 8 mW/cm2 and lasts for 10 to 20 s.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The balloon catheter system according to claim 1, wherein the balloon body comprises an isodiametric section and two tapered sections respectively located at both ends of the isodiametric section, and a surface of each tapered section at a distal end of the balloon body is covered with a black coating.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The balloon catheter system according to claim 1, wherein high refractive index ultraviolet adhesive is attached to an outer periphery of the balloon body distributed at intervals, a refractive index of the high refractive index ultraviolet adhesive ranges from 1.50 to 1.70, and the high refractive index ultraviolet adhesive protrudes from a surface of the balloon body at a height ranging from 0.20 to 0.25 mm.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

The balloon catheter system according to claim 5, wherein the high refractive index ultraviolet adhesive is regularly distributed on the outer periphery of the balloon body.

### Claim 7 (depends on 5)

The balloon catheter system according to claim 5, wherein the high refractive index ultraviolet adhesive is arranged in the form of dot-shaped protrusions in a matrix, and a distance between two adjacent spots ranges from 3 to 10 mm; or
wherein the high refractive index ultraviolet adhesive is arranged in the form of linear protrusions extending along an axial direction of the balloon body and equidistantly distributed around a circumference of the balloon body, and a number of the linear protrusions ranges from 3 to 10.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The balloon catheter system according to claim 1, wherein the tube body comprises an inner tube and an outer tube mounted around the inner tube, the outer tube of the tube body is black, and the inner tube of the tube body is colorless and transparent; the inner tube of the tube body has a hardness ranging from 35 to 75 D, and the hardness of the inner tube increases continuously or at intervals from the distal end to the proximal end of the tube body by a predetermined value.

### Claim 9 (depends on 8)

The balloon catheter system according to claim 8, wherein the inner tube of the tube body comprises at least two first unit sections connected in sequence along an axial direction of the tube body, and for two adjacent first unit sections, a hardness of the first unit section closer to the distal end of the tube body is less than a hardness of the first unit section closer to the proximal end of the tube body, and a number of the first unit sections is 2 to 4.

### Claim 10 (depends on 9)

The balloon catheter system according to claim 9, wherein a diameter of each first unit section is the same as each other; or
wherein for two adjacent first unit sections, a diameter of the first unit section closer to the distal end of the tube body is less than a diameter of the first unit section closer to the proximal end of the tube body.

### Claim 11 (depends on 9)

The balloon catheter system according to claim 9, wherein an axial length of the first unit section closest to the proximal end of the tube body ranges from 20 to 30 cm.

### Claim 12 (depends on 8)

The balloon catheter system according to claim 8, wherein the inner tube of the tube body comprises a proximal inner tube and a distal inner tube connected to the proximal inner tube along the axial direction of the tube body; a hardness of the proximal inner tube ranges from 55 to 75 D, and a hardness of the distal inner tube ranges from 35 to 55 D.

### Claim 13 (depends on 8)

The balloon catheter system according to claim 8, wherein the outer tube of the tube body comprises at least two second unit sections connected in sequence along the axial direction of the tube body; for the two adjacent second unit sections, a hardness of the second unit section closer to the distal end of the tube body is less than that of the second unit section closer to the proximal end of the tube body, and a number of the second unit sections is 2 to 4.

### Claim 14 (depends on 13)

The balloon catheter system according to claim 13, wherein a diameter of each second unit section is the same as each other; or, for the two adjacent second unit sections, a diameter of the second unit section closer to the distal end of the tube body is less than that of the second unit section closer to the proximal end of the tube body.

### Claim 15 (depends on 8)

The balloon catheter system according to claim 8, wherein an end portion of a distal end of the inner tube is welded with an elastic member, and the elastic member comprises a bare section and a welding section arranged along the axial direction of the tube body; a ratio of an axial length of the bare section to that of the welding section ranges from 1:0.8 to 1:1.2, and a diameter of the elastic member gradually increases from a distal end of the bare section to a proximal end of the welding section.

### Claim 16 (depends on 15)

The balloon catheter system according to claim 15, wherein the elastic member is a spiral spring formed by spirally winding a metal wire with a diameter ranging from 0.04 to 0.1 mm, and the metal wire is made of one selected from platinum-tungsten, platinum-iridium, stainless steel, gold, and nickel-titanium.

### Claim 17 (depends on 16)

The balloon catheter system according to claim 16, wherein a thread pitch of the bare section is equal to a diameter of the metal wire, and a thread pitch of the welding section is 1 to 3 times the diameter of the metal wire; and
wherein an axial length of the elastic member ranges from 2 to 5 mm, an axial length of the bare section of the elastic member ranges from 0.5 to 2 mm, an axial length of the welding section ranges from 1 to 3 mm; a diameter of the bare section ranges from 0.50 to 0.70 mm, and a diameter of the welding section ranges from 0.60 to 1.0 mm.

### Claim 18 (depends on 1)

The balloon catheter system according to claim 1, wherein the tube body comprises an inner tube and an outer tube mounted around the inner tube, a distal end of the balloon body is in sealed connection with an outer wall of the inner tube, and a proximal end of the balloon body in sealed connection with the outer tube, a radial gap between the inner tube and the outer tube forms the optical fiber channel, and each optical fiber is arranged in parallel with the inner tube or by wrapping around the inner tube; the balloon catheter system comprises a plurality of the optical fibers, and the optical fibers are uniformly distributed around an axis of the tube body, and a diameter of each optical fiber ranges from 0.125 to 0.25 mm.

### Claim 19 (depends on 1)

The balloon catheter system according to claim 1, wherein the tube body comprises an inner tube and an outer tube mounted around the inner tube, a distal end of the balloon body is in sealed connection with the outer wall of the inner tube, and a proximal end of the balloon body is in sealed connection with the outer tube; a radial gap between the inner tube and the outer tube forms a fluid channel, and the inner tube lumen forms the optical fiber channel;
wherein at least one section of the tube body along an axial direction thereof is a double-lumen tube, and the double-lumen tube comprises the fluid channel and a guide wire channel isolated from the fluid channel, and the fluid channel communicates with the radial gap between the inner tube and the outer tube; and
wherein a first guide wire port is formed in a tube wall of a portion of the inner tube extending out of a distal end of the balloon body; two ends of the guide wire channel respectively form a second guide wire port and a third guide wire port; the guide wire passes through the first guide wire port, the second guide wire port, and the third guide wire port, and a portion of the guide wire between the first guide wire port and the second guide wire port is located outside the balloon body.

### Claim 20 (depends on 1)

The balloon catheter system according to claim 1, wherein an outer surface of the balloon body is coated with at least one selected from an anti-proliferative drug, a drug that induce collagen or elastin cross-linking, and an anti-vasospasm drug; or, the balloon body is provided with an implantable vascular stent on the outer surface thereof.