WO2006020055A3 - Cannula for in utero surgery - Google Patents

Cannula for in utero surgery

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Publication number
WO2006020055A3
WO2006020055A3 PCT/US2005/025203 US2005025203W WO2006020055A3 WO 2006020055 A3 WO2006020055 A3 WO 2006020055A3 US 2005025203 W US2005025203 W US 2005025203W WO 2006020055 A3 WO2006020055 A3 WO 2006020055A3
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WIPO (PCT)
Prior art keywords
cannula
tissue
distal end
straightener
dissection
Prior art date
Application number
PCT/US2005/025203
Other languages
French (fr)
Other versions
WO2006020055A2 (en
Inventor
James Lock
Paul C Kierce
Audrey C Marshall
Original Assignee
Childrens Medical Center
James Lock
Paul C Kierce
Audrey C Marshall
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Publication date
Application filed by Childrens Medical Center, James Lock, Paul C Kierce, Audrey C Marshall filed Critical Childrens Medical Center
Priority to AT05774570T priority Critical patent/ATE534332T1/en
Priority to EP05774570A priority patent/EP1765453B9/en
Publication of WO2006020055A2 publication Critical patent/WO2006020055A2/en
Publication of WO2006020055A3 publication Critical patent/WO2006020055A3/en
Priority to IL180332A priority patent/IL180332A/en

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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
    • A61B17/34—Trocars; Puncturing needles
    • A61B17/3401—Puncturing needles for the peridural or subarachnoid space or the plexus, e.g. for anaesthesia
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B17/00—Surgical instruments, devices or methods, e.g. tourniquets
    • A61B17/34—Trocars; Puncturing needles
    • A61B17/3417—Details of tips or shafts, e.g. grooves, expandable, bendable; Multiple coaxial sliding cannulas, e.g. for dilating
    • A61B17/3421—Cannulas
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B34/00—Computer-aided surgery; Manipulators or robots specially adapted for use in surgery
    • A61B34/70—Manipulators specially adapted for use in surgery
    • A61B34/73—Manipulators for magnetic surgery
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B17/00—Surgical instruments, devices or methods, e.g. tourniquets
    • A61B17/34—Trocars; Puncturing needles
    • A61B17/3417—Details of tips or shafts, e.g. grooves, expandable, bendable; Multiple coaxial sliding cannulas, e.g. for dilating
    • A61B17/3421—Cannulas
    • A61B17/3439—Cannulas with means for changing the inner diameter of the cannula, e.g. expandable
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B17/00—Surgical instruments, devices or methods, e.g. tourniquets
    • A61B2017/0042—Surgical instruments, devices or methods, e.g. tourniquets with special provisions for gripping
    • A61B2017/00455—Orientation indicators, e.g. recess on the handle
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B17/00—Surgical instruments, devices or methods, e.g. tourniquets
    • A61B2017/00831—Material properties
    • A61B2017/00867—Material properties shape memory effect
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B17/00—Surgical instruments, devices or methods, e.g. tourniquets
    • A61B17/28—Surgical forceps
    • A61B17/29—Forceps for use in minimally invasive surgery
    • A61B2017/2901—Details of shaft
    • A61B2017/2904—Details of shaft curved, but rigid
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B17/00—Surgical instruments, devices or methods, e.g. tourniquets
    • A61B17/28—Surgical forceps
    • A61B17/29—Forceps for use in minimally invasive surgery
    • A61B2017/2901—Details of shaft
    • A61B2017/2905—Details of shaft flexible
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61M—DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY; DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY; DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR
    • A61M25/00—Catheters; Hollow probes
    • A61M25/0021—Catheters; Hollow probes characterised by the form of the tubing
    • A61M25/0023—Catheters; Hollow probes characterised by the form of the tubing by the form of the lumen, e.g. cross-section, variable diameter
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61M—DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY; DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY; DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR
    • A61M25/00—Catheters; Hollow probes
    • A61M25/01—Introducing, guiding, advancing, emplacing or holding catheters
    • A61M25/0105—Steering means as part of the catheter or advancing means; Markers for positioning
    • A61M25/0127—Magnetic means; Magnetic markers
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61M—DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY; DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY; DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR
    • A61M25/00—Catheters; Hollow probes
    • A61M25/01—Introducing, guiding, advancing, emplacing or holding catheters
    • A61M25/06—Body-piercing guide needles or the like
    • A61M25/0606—"Over-the-needle" catheter assemblies, e.g. I.V. catheters

Abstract

A cannula, a straightener, and a cannula and straightener combination for insertion into tissue, the cannula including an elongated rigid hollow tube having a proximal end, a distal end, and a passageway extending therebetween. The distal end includes a memory of directionality to bend about a radius. The cannula straightener straightens the distal end of the cannula when inserted through the passageway of the cannula. The present invention also includes methods of inserting a cannula, removing a cannula, and performing surgery with a cannula in tissue or in fetal tissue. The present invention further includes methods of performing biliary cannulation in a transhepatic approach, performing fetal aortic valvuloplasty, placing catheters into the brachial plexus for pain management, placing catheters into the epidural space for anesthesia, thoracic dissection treatment, laparoscopic dissection, and hydro dissection of tissue.
PCT/US2005/025203 2004-07-15 2005-07-15 Cannula for in utero surgery WO2006020055A2 (en)

Priority Applications (3)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
AT05774570T ATE534332T1 (en) 2004-07-15 2005-07-15 CANNULA FOR UTERINE OPERATION
EP05774570A EP1765453B9 (en) 2004-07-15 2005-07-15 Cannula for in utero surgery
IL180332A IL180332A (en) 2004-07-15 2006-12-26 Cannula for in utero surgery

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US10/891,937 2004-07-15
US10/891,937 US20060015131A1 (en) 2004-07-15 2004-07-15 Cannula for in utero surgery

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EP (1) EP1765453B9 (en)
AT (1) ATE534332T1 (en)
IL (1) IL180332A (en)
WO (1) WO2006020055A2 (en)

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