Title:
ESOPHAGEAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR USE IN DISPLACING AN ESOPHAGUS DURING A MEDICAL PROCEDURE
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2019/144106
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide methods and apparatus for managing an esophagus of a subject during a medical procedure, such as cardiac tissue ablation or bronchial tissue ablation. Managing the esophagus may include displacing the esophagus, imaging the esophagus, and/or measuring temperature at one or more locations inside the esophagus. One example esophageal management system generally includes a tube configured for insertion through a mouth and into the esophagus of the subject. The tube generally includes a first port located at a proximal end of the tube and in fluid communication with a distal portion of the tube via a first path, a second port located at the proximal end of the tube, and a third port located between the proximal end of the tube and a distal end of the tube and in fluid communication with the second port via a second path.
Inventors:
LAKKIREDDY DR DHANUNJAYA (US)
CHENG JIE (US)
CHENG JIE (US)
Application Number:
PCT/US2019/014508
Publication Date:
September 06, 2019
Filing Date:
January 22, 2019
Export Citation:
Assignee:
LAKKIREDDY DR DHANUNJAYA (US)
CHENG JIE (US)
CHENG JIE (US)
International Classes:
A61M25/00; A61B18/14; A61M25/01; G01K11/32
Domestic Patent References:
| WO2013030749A2 | 2013-03-07 | |||
| WO2010102117A1 | 2010-09-10 |
Foreign References:
| US20090069875A1 | 2009-03-12 | |||
| US6689062B1 | 2004-02-10 | |||
| US20110034936A1 | 2011-02-10 | |||
| US7153299B1 | 2006-12-26 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
ROBERTS, Steven E. et al. (US)
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