Medical device for use in bodily lumens, for example an atrium
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United States(US) Patent
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국제특허분류(IPC7판)
A61B-018/14
A61B-005/06
A61B-005/00
A61B-018/18
A61B-018/20
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A61B-018/02
출원번호
US-0713190
(2015-05-15)
등록번호
US-9820810
(2017-11-21)
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/ 주소
Gelbart, Daniel
Goertzen, Douglas Wayne
Lopes, Fernando Luis de Souza
출원인 / 주소
KARDIUM INC.
대리인 / 주소
Rossi, Kimms & McDowell LLP
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A medical system includes an expandable structure and a first flexible circuit. The expandable structure is sized to be received in a chamber of a heart and is selectively moveable between a delivery configuration and an expanded configuration. The expandable structure includes a plurality of metal
A medical system includes an expandable structure and a first flexible circuit. The expandable structure is sized to be received in a chamber of a heart and is selectively moveable between a delivery configuration and an expanded configuration. The expandable structure includes a plurality of metal strips. The first flexible circuit includes a first flexible electrically insulative substrate and a plurality of electrically conductive traces patterned on the first flexible electrically insulative substrate. A portion of the first flexible circuit is patterned to form at least a first transducer element, and at least a part of the first flexible circuit is at least positioned between two of the plurality of metal strips that contact the first flexible circuit when the expandable structure is in the expanded configuration.
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1. A medical system comprising: an expandable structure sized to be received in a chamber of a heart, the expandable structure selectively moveable between a delivery configuration in which the expandable structure is sized for percutaneous delivery to the chamber and an expanded configuration in wh
1. A medical system comprising: an expandable structure sized to be received in a chamber of a heart, the expandable structure selectively moveable between a delivery configuration in which the expandable structure is sized for percutaneous delivery to the chamber and an expanded configuration in which the expandable structure is sized too large for percutaneous delivery to the chamber, the expandable structure comprising a plurality of metal strips; anda first flexible circuit comprising a first flexible electrically insulative substrate and a plurality of electrically conductive traces patterned on the first flexible electrically insulative substrate, wherein:a portion of the first flexible circuit is patterned to form at least a first transducer element, andat least a part of the first flexible circuit is at least positioned between two of the plurality of metal strips that contact the first flexible circuit when the expandable structure is in the expanded configuration. 2. The medical system of claim 1, wherein the plurality of electrically conductive traces are patterned on a portion of a surface of the first flexible electrically insulative substrate, and at least part of the surface of the first flexible electrically insulative substrate is overlapped by one of the two of the plurality of metal strips when the expandable structure is in the expanded configuration. 3. The medical system of claim 1, wherein respective portions of the two of the plurality of metal strips overlap one another when the expandable structure is in the expanded configuration, and a surface of the first flexible electrically insulative substrate on which the plurality of electrically conductive traces are patterned on is positioned between the respective overlapping portions of the two of the plurality of metal strips when the expandable structure is in the expanded configuration. 4. The medical system of claim 1, wherein the plurality of electrically conductive traces are patterned on a portion of a surface of the first flexible electrically insulative substrate, and wherein respective portions of the two of the plurality of metal strips overlap one another when the expandable structure is in the expanded configuration, and at least part of the surface of the first flexible electrically insulative substrate is positioned between the respective overlapping portions of the two of the plurality of metal strips when the expandable structure is in the expanded configuration. 5. The medical system of claim 1, wherein the two of the plurality of metal strips cross one another at a crossing point when the expandable structure is in the expanded configuration. 6. The medical system of claim 5, wherein the at least part of the first flexible circuit is positioned between the two of the plurality of metal strips at the crossing point when the expandable structure is in the expanded configuration. 7. The medical system of claim 5, wherein one of two of the plurality of metal strips is arranged to slide relative to the other of the two of the plurality of metal strips at the crossing point to change an orientation therebetween when the expandable structure is moved into the expanded configuration. 8. The medical system of claim 5, wherein the first flexible circuit is arranged to slide relative to at least one of the two of the plurality of metal strips to change an orientation with respect to each of the at least one of the two of the plurality of metal strips when the expandable structure is moved into the expanded configuration. 9. The medical system of claim 5, further comprising a plurality of transducers that include the first transducer, at least part of at least one of the plurality of transducers overlapping the crossing point when the expandable structure is in the expanded configuration. 10. The medical system of claim 5, further comprising at least a second flexible circuit other than the first flexible circuit, at least part of the second flexible circuit positioned at the crossing point when the expandable structure is in the expanded configuration. 11. The medical system of claim 1, wherein the first flexible circuit is a first flexible circuit strip,wherein the expandable structure comprises a proximal end and a distal end, the distal end of the expandable structure positioned to be introduced first into the chamber in the delivery configuration, andwherein the medical system further comprises a plurality of flexible circuit strips that include the first flexible circuit strip, each of the plurality of flexible circuit strips comprising an elongated portion extending between the proximal and the distal ends of the expandable structure, each of the plurality of flexible circuit strips comprising one or more flexible electrically insulative substrates and one or more patterned electrically conductive traces, and at least one of the one or more flexible electrically insulative substrates of each of the plurality of flexible circuit strips is or are supported by at least a part of each of at least one of the plurality of metal strips at least when the expandable structure is in the expanded configuration. 12. The medical system of claim 11, wherein the at least one of the one or more flexible electrically insulative substrates of each of the plurality of flexible circuit strips is or are supported by the least a part of a respective one of the plurality of metal strips provided by the expandable structure. 13. The medical system of claim 11, wherein each of the plurality of flexible circuit strips comprises a respective length between the proximal and the distal ends of the expandable structure, and wherein the elongated portions of the plurality of flexible circuit strips are circumferentially spaced from one another about the expandable structure in the expanded configuration, the circumferential spacing between the respective elongated portions of two of the plurality of flexible circuit strips varying as the respective length of each of at least one of the two of the plurality of flexible circuit strips is traversed when the expandable structure is in the expanded configuration. 14. The medical system of claim 13, wherein the circumferential spacing between the respective elongated portions of two of the plurality of flexible circuit strips is greater at a location spaced relatively farther from the distal end of the expandable structure when the expandable structure is in the expanded configuration than at a location spaced relatively closer to the distal end of the expandable structure when the expandable structure is in the expanded configuration. 15. The medical system of claim 14, wherein the circumferential spacing between the respective elongated portions of the two of the plurality of flexible circuit strips is greater at a location spaced relatively farther from the proximal end of the expandable structure when the expandable structure is in the expanded configuration than at a location spaced relatively closer to the proximal end of the expandable structure when the expandable structure is in the expanded configuration. 16. The medical system of claim 13, wherein the respective elongated portion of each of at least some of the plurality of flexible circuit strips extends along a curved path between the proximal and the distal ends of the expandable structure when the expandable structure is in the expanded configuration. 17. The medical system of claim 13, wherein the respective elongated portion of the first flexible circuit strip comprises a dimension transversely oriented to the respective length of the first flexible circuit, the dimension varying as the respective length of the respective elongated portion of the first flexible circuit strip is traversed. 18. The medical system of claim 17, wherein the first flexible circuit strip is positioned between the two of the plurality of flexible circuit strips when the expandable structure is in the expanded configuration. 19. The medical system of claim 17, wherein the first flexible circuit strip is positioned adjacent both of the two of the plurality of flexible circuit strips when the expandable structure is in the expanded configuration. 20. The medical system of claim 13, wherein the respective elongated portion of the first flexible circuit strip is sized and arranged to be positioned between the respective elongated portions of the two of the plurality of flexible circuit strips and overlap at least one of the respective elongated portions of the two of the plurality of flexible circuit strips when the expandable structure is in the expanded configuration. 21. The medical system of claim 20, wherein the first flexible circuit strip is positioned adjacent both of the two of the plurality of flexible circuit strips when the expandable structure is in the expanded configuration. 22. The medical system of claim 13, wherein the first flexible circuit strip is positioned between the two of the plurality of flexible circuit strips when the expandable structure is in the expanded configuration, and wherein the first flexible circuit strip is leaf shaped. 23. The medical system of claim 22, wherein the first flexible circuit strip is positioned adjacent both of the two of the plurality of flexible circuit strips when the expandable structure is in the expanded configuration. 24. The medical system of claim 13, wherein the first flexible circuit strip is positioned between the two of the plurality of flexible circuit strips when the expandable structure is in the expanded configuration, and wherein the first flexible circuit strip comprises at least one arcuate shaped edge. 25. The medical system of claim 24, wherein the first flexible circuit strip is positioned adjacent both of the two of the plurality of flexible circuit strips when the expandable structure is in the expanded configuration. 26. The medical system of claim 11, wherein the respective elongated portion of the first flexible circuit strip extends between the proximal and the distal ends of the expandable structure along a first curved path when the expandable structure is in the expanded configuration, the first curved path intersecting a second curved path that the respective elongated portion of another of the plurality of flexible circuit strips extends along between the proximal and the distal ends of the expandable structure when the expandable structure is in the expanded configuration. 27. The medical system of claim 26, wherein the elongated portions of the plurality of flexible circuit strips are circumferentially spaced from one another about the expandable structure in the expanded configuration. 28. The medical system of claim 13, wherein the at least one of the one or more flexible electrically insulative substrates of each of the two of the plurality of flexible circuit strips is or are supported by the at least part of a respective one of the two of the plurality of metal strips.
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