Apparatus and method for accessing and performing a function within an intervertebral disc
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United States(US) Patent
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국제특허분류(IPC7판)
A61F-007/00
A61F-002/00
A61B-018/18
출원번호
US-0792628
(2001-02-22)
발명자
/ 주소
Sharkey,Hugh R.
Fariabi,Sepehr
Ashley,John
Saal,Joel
Saal,Jeffrey
출원인 / 주소
Oratec Interventions, Inc.
대리인 / 주소
Fish &
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Apparatus and methods are disclosed for accessing the interior of an intervertebral disc to perform a function within the disc. One such apparatus comprises a catheter having a lumen; and a guide wire having a distal portion and a proximal portion, and configured to be positioned within and moved r
Apparatus and methods are disclosed for accessing the interior of an intervertebral disc to perform a function within the disc. One such apparatus comprises a catheter having a lumen; and a guide wire having a distal portion and a proximal portion, and configured to be positioned within and moved relative to the lumen of the catheter; wherein the guide wire is capable of navigating itself within an intradiscal section of the intervertebral disc to a selected section of the disc and the catheter is capable of being advanced relative to the guide wire such that the catheter follows a path of the guide wire within the intradiscal section of the disc to the selected section. These apparatus and methods may be used for the treatment of intervertebral disc disorders such as sealing fissures of the annulus fibrosus, which may or may not be accompanied with contained or escaped extrusions. These apparatus and methods may also be used, for example, for the removal or addition of material to the intervertebral disc.
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What is claimed is: 1. An apparatus for accessing a selected section of an intervertebral disc comprising: a catheter having a lumen; and a guide wire having a distal portion and a proximal portion, and configured to be positioned within and moved relative to the lumen of the catheter, wherein the
What is claimed is: 1. An apparatus for accessing a selected section of an intervertebral disc comprising: a catheter having a lumen; and a guide wire having a distal portion and a proximal portion, and configured to be positioned within and moved relative to the lumen of the catheter, wherein the guide wire is capable of navigating itself within an intradiscal section of an intervertebral disc to a selected section of the disc and the catheter is capable of being advanced relative to the guide wire such that the catheter follows a path of the guide wire within the intradiscal section of the disc adjacent an inner wall of an annulus of the disc to the selected section, wherein the guide wire has (a) sufficient rigidity to be advanceable through a nucleus pulposus and the annulus fibrosus under a force applied longitudinally to the proximal portion of the guide wire, and (b) insufficient penetration ability to be advanceable out through the annulus fibrosus under the applied force. 2. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the guide wire has sufficient flexibility in a direction of a disc place to be compliant with an inner wall of the annulus of the disc. 3. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the distal portion of the guide wire includes a spring coil. 4. The apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the spring coil contains a forming ribbon. 5. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the distal portion of the guide wire is tapered to a smaller diameter toward the distal end. 6. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the distal portion of the guide wire has a distal tip at the extremity of the distal portion of the guide wire. 7. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the distal tip is configured to be non-piercing through an annulus fibrosus. 8. The apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the distal tip is a blunt tip. 9. The apparatus according to claim 6, wherein distal tip is a rolling ball tip. 10. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the distal portion of the guide wire includes a locking mechanism for securing the guide wire within the selected section of the disc, the locking mechanism including a piercing tip. 11. The apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the locking mechanism includes a retractable hook. 12. The apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the locking mechanism includes a plurality of directional hooks. 13. The apparatus according to claim 12, wherein the plurality of directional hooks are configured to secure the guide wire within the selected section of the disc by rotating the hooks in a first direction, and to release the guide wire from the selected section of the disc by rotating the hooks in a second direction that is substantially opposite to the first direction. 14. The apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the guide wire is capable of cross-locking itself once the guide wire is advanced to the selected section of the disc. 15. The apparatus according to claim 12, wherein the locking mechanism comprises a hook. 16. The apparatus according to claim 12, wherein the distal portion of the guide wire forms the locking mechanism. 17. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the distal portion of the guide wire has a distal tip that includes the piercing tip. 18. The apparatus according to claim 12, wherein the piercing tip is configured to secure the guide wire by piercing the selected section of the disc. 19. The apparatus according to claim 12, wherien the piercing tip is configured to secure the guide wire against movement in all directions. 20. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the proximal portion of the guide wire has an outer diameter between about 0.005-0.025 inches. 21. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the distal portion of the guide wire has an outer diameter between about 0.002-0.012 inches. 22. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the proximal portion of the guide wire is between about 10-15 inch long. 23. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the distal portion of the guide wire is between about 0.2-1.2 inch long. 24. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the distal portion of the guide wire has a length at least one-half of a diameter of the nucleus pulposus. 25. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the apparatus further comprises a dialator sheath configured to be slid over the guide wire for introducing the catheter onto the guide wire. 26. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein at least a portion of the guide wire is actively steerable. 27. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein at least a portion of guide wire is radiographically visible. 28. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the distal portion of the guide wire has one or more flat sides. 29. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the guide wire has a bending stiffness as measured in Taber stiffness units between about 2-400 units in a desired bending plane. 30. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the guide wire has a bending stiffness as measured in Taber stiffness units between about 3-150 units in a desired bending plane. 31. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the distal portion of the guide wire has a column strength between about 0.2-7 kg. 32. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the distal portion of the guide wire has a column strength between about 0.7-4 kg. 33. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the catheter further includes a functional element for performing a function adjacent the selected section. 34. The apparatus of claim 33, wherein the function is selected from the group consisting of delivering energy, adding material and removing material. 35. The apparatus of claim 33, wherein the functional element comprise a thermal energy delivery device. 36. The apparatus of claim 35, wherein a thermal energy source is operably attached to the thermal energy delivery device through the catheter. 37. The apparatus of claim 35, wherein the thermal energy delivery device is selected from the group consisting of microwave probe, optical fiber, radio frequency electrode and ultrasound emitter. 38. The apparatus of claim 35, wherein the thermal energy delivery device is a resistive heater. 39. The apparatus of claim 35, wherein the catheter further comprises at least one sensor capable of monitoring temperature, power, voltage or a combination thereof and the input from the sensor controls energy supplied to the thermal energy device. 40. The apparatus of claim 33, wherein the functional element comprises an irrigation lumen extending from a proximal end of the catheter to the intradiscal section. 41. The apparatus of claim 33, wherein the functional element is capable of delivering a controlled amount of energy at or near the fissure such that no vaporization occurs at or near the fissure when energy is delivered by the functional element. 42. The apparatus of claim 33, wherein the functional element is capable of delivering a controlled amount of energy at or near the fissure such that no material other than water is removed at or near the fissure when energy is delivered by the functional element. 43. The apparatus of claim 33, wherein the functional element is capable of delivering a controlled amount of energy at or near the fissure such that no destructive lesion is formed on a disc at or near the fissure when energy is delivered by the functional element. 44. An apparatus for accessing a selected section of an intervertebral disc comprising: a catheter having a lumen; and a guide wire having a distal portion and a proximal portion, and configured to be positioned within and moved relative to the lumen of the catheter, wherein the guide wire is capable of navigating itself within an intradiscal section of an intervertebral disc to a selected section of the disc and the catheter is capable of being advanced relative to the guide wire such that the catheter follows a path of the guide wire within the intradiscal section of the disc adjacent an inner wall of an annulus of the disc to the selected section, wherein the guide wire has sufficient flexibility in a direction of a disc plane to be compliant with the inner wall of the annulus of the disc. 45. An apparatus for accessing a selected section of an intervertebral disc comprising: a catheter having a lumen; and a guide wire having a distal portion and a proximal portion, and configured to be positioned within and moved relative to the lumen of the catheter, wherein the guide wire is capable of navigating itself within an intradiscal section of an intervertebral disc to a selected section of the disc and the catheter is capable of being advanced relative to the guide wire such that the catheter follows a path of the guide wire within the intradiscal section of the disc adjacent an inner wall of an annulus of the disc to the selected section, wherein the distal portion of the guide wire has a rolling ball tip at the extremity of the distal portion of the guide wire. 46. An apparatus for accessing a selected section of an intervertebral disc comprising: a catheter having a lumen; and a guide wire having a distal portion and a proximal portion, and configured to be positioned within and moved relative to the lumen of the catheter, wherein the guide wire is capable of navigating itself within an intradiscal section of an intervertebral disc to a selected section of the disc and the catheter is capable of being advanced relative to the guide wire such that the catheter follows a path of the guide wire within the intradiscal section of the disc adjacent an inner wall of an annulus of the disc to the selected section, wherein the guide wire has a middle portion disposed between the proximal and distal portions, and the middle portion is more flexible than both the proximal portion and the distal portion. 47. An apparatus for accessing a selected section of an intervertebral disc comprising: a catheter having a lumen; and a guide wire having a distal portion and a proximal portion, and configured to be positioned within and moved relative to the lumen of the catheter, wherein the guide wire is capable of navigating itself within an intradiscal section of an intervertebral disc to a selected section of the disc and the catheter is capable of being advanced relative to the guide wire such that the catheter follows a path of the guide wire within the intradiscal section of the disc adjacent an inner wall of an annulus of the disc to the selected section, wherein the guide wire has a middle portion disposed between the proximal and distal portions, and the middle portion is less flexible than both the proximal portion and the distal portion. 48. An apparatus for accessing a selected section of an intervertebral disc comprising: a guide wire having a distal portion and a proximal portion, the guide wire being capable of navigating itself within an intradiscal section of an intervertebral disc to a selected section of the disc along a path at least partially adjacent an inner wall of an annulus of the disc, wherein the guide wire has (a) sufficient rigidity to be advanceable through a nucleus pulposus and the annulus fibrosus under a force applied longitudinally to the proximal portion of the guide wire, and (b) insufficient penetration ability to be advanceable out through the annulus fibrosus under the applied force.
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