Surgery – Instruments – Electrical application
Patent
1995-10-20
2000-05-09
O'Connor, Cary
Surgery
Instruments
Electrical application
600373, 600378, 600381, A61B 1736
Patent
active
060597798
ABSTRACT:
The invention involves a catheter for introducing a delivery member such as a guidewire having an implant coupled thereto via an electrolytically disintegratable link that is coupled to the anode of a power supply having an anode and a cathode. The catheter comprises an elongated tubular member having an outer surface, proximal and distal end portions, a lumen extending between those portions, an electrode and a conductor. The electrode is disposed within the outer surface of the tubular member in the vicinity of the distal end portion and has a surface that faces and communicates with the lumen. The electrode is electrically coupled to the conductor which, in turn, is adapted for coupling to the power supply cathode such that when the electrolytically disintegratable link is placed in an ionic solution, such as can be found in an aneurysm, and positive current is provided from the power supply to the link, current from the link may return to the cathode of the power supply via the electrode. With this construction, the electrode is shielded from endolumenal structures which could otherwise increase the resistance in the current path from the sacrificial link to the electrode. The positioning of the electrode in the catheter as described above allows a reproducible impedance path from the electrode to the detachment zone, thus reducing detachment time variability.
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Carter Ryan
O'Connor Cary
Target Therapeutics Inc.
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