WO1998055072A3 - Pressure tourniquet with ultrasound window - Google Patents

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WO1998055072A3
WO1998055072A3 PCT/US1998/011191 US9811191W WO9855072A3 WO 1998055072 A3 WO1998055072 A3 WO 1998055072A3 US 9811191 W US9811191 W US 9811191W WO 9855072 A3 WO9855072 A3 WO 9855072A3
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Arthur W Zikorus
Angelo John D
Brian E Farley
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B17/00—Surgical instruments, devices or methods, e.g. tourniquets
    • A61B17/12—Surgical instruments, devices or methods, e.g. tourniquets for ligaturing or otherwise compressing tubular parts of the body, e.g. blood vessels, umbilical cord
    • A61B17/132—Tourniquets
    • A61B17/135—Tourniquets inflatable
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B8/00—Diagnosis using ultrasonic, sonic or infrasonic waves
    • A61B8/04—Measuring blood pressure
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B17/00—Surgical instruments, devices or methods, e.g. tourniquets
    • A61B17/12—Surgical instruments, devices or methods, e.g. tourniquets for ligaturing or otherwise compressing tubular parts of the body, e.g. blood vessels, umbilical cord
    • A61B17/132—Tourniquets
    • A61B17/1322—Tourniquets comprising a flexible encircling member
    • A61B17/1325—Tourniquets comprising a flexible encircling member with means for applying local pressure

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A pressure tourniquet (10) comprises a window transparent (16) to ultrasound. The tourniquet (10) is wrapped around a leg or another anatomical structure containing veins. An ultrasound transducer is placed in contact with the window of the tourniquet. The window (16) is adjacent the anatomical structure and the transducer probes a dilated vein with ultrasound. The transducer can measure the size of the vein and detect flux. A pneumatic bladder (12) on the tourniquet is inflated to apply pressure to the anatomical structure so that the vein is compressed by the tissue of the surrounding anatomical structure. As pressure from the tourniquet (10) reduces the diameter of the vein, competency of the vein valve can be temporarily restored to indicate the proper reduced diameter required to restore venous function. An electrode catheter is introduced into the vein to apply energy for durably molding the vein to the reduced diameter.
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