Title:
GUIDED MEDICAL SYSTEM
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2013/084928
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
The present invention allows for easy insertion of a medical instrument into a desired blood vessel route. Provided is a guided medical system (10) provided with: a cylindrical or linear guide wire (12) comprising an elastic body that can be inserted into a blood vessel; and a guide device for guiding the guide wire (12) having been inserted into the blood vessel, the guide device having a device head part that can be inserted into the body; the device head part being provided with an ultrasonic array element able to scan with ultrasound along one plane and acquire an ultrasound image, and a permanent magnet (55) able to move rectilinearly in a direction along the one plane; and a distal end of the guide wire (12) being provided with a magnetic head (25) on which the permanent magnet (55) causes a magnetic attractive force to act.
Inventors:
FUKUDA HIROSHI (JP)
Application Number:
PCT/JP2012/081488
Publication Date:
June 13, 2013
Filing Date:
December 05, 2012
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Assignee:
OLYMPUS CORP (JP)
International Classes:
A61B19/00; A61M25/00; A61M25/09
Foreign References:
| JPH0889582A | 1996-04-09 | |||
| JPH11512640A | 1999-11-02 | |||
| JP2008086429A | 2008-04-17 | |||
| JPH11216187A | 1999-08-10 | |||
| JP2008229362A | 2008-10-02 | |||
| US6035856A | 2000-03-14 | |||
| US4244362A | 1981-01-13 | |||
| US6911026B1 | 2005-06-28 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
UEDA, Kunio et al. (JP)
Ueda Kunio (JP)
Ueda Kunio (JP)
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