Functional maintenance of cardiovascular catheters
AssigneeThe Cleveland Clinic Foundation
InventorsJamshid KARIMOV, Kiyotaka FUKAMACHI
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Abstract
A system for minimizing nucleation of clot and biofilm material on inner and outer surfaces of a medical tube a hub connector and a mechanical agitator. The hub connector is configured to provide fluid communication between a medical tube and one or more fluid sources when attached thereto. The mechanical agitator is associated with the hub connector and is configured to deliver oscillatory mechanical energy thereto so that the oscillatory mechanical energy further will be delivered substantially uniformly to the medical tube when attached thereto.
Claims19
A system for minimizing formation of clot in a medical tube, the system comprising:
- a hub connector configured to provide fluid communication between a medical tube when attached thereto and one or more fluid sources;
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- a mechanical agitator adapted to be disposed at an outer surface of the hub connector and configured to deliver oscillatory mechanical energy thereto in order that said oscillatory mechanical energy further will be delivered along a full length of the medical tube, to a tip thereof.
A method of minimizing formation of clot on inner and outer surfaces of a medical tube, the method comprising:
- attaching a proximal end of the medical tube to a hub connector having a mechanical agitator integrated with the hub connector and configured to deliver oscillatory mechanical energy;
- inserting a distal end of the medical tube into a blood vessel of a patient;
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- activating the mechanical agitator to deliver oscillatory mechanical energy to the medical tube, via said hub connector, so that said oscillatory mechanical energy is delivered along an entire length of the medical tube to a tip thereof implanted within the blood vessel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.