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US 12,257,003 · App. 17/449,895 · Granted Mar 25, 2025

Occlusion-crossing devices, atherectomy devices, and imaging

Inventors: Maegan K. Spencer (Emerald Hills, CA); John B. Simpson (Woodside, CA); Stephen C. Davies (El Dorado Hills, CA)
Assignee: Avinger, Inc.
A61B34/20A61B5/0062A61B5/0066A61B5/0084A61B5/02007A61B5/6852A61B17/00234A61B17/320725A61B17/320758A61B90/37A61B6/12A61B6/487A61B2017/00296A61B2017/22068A61B2034/2055A61B2034/2065A61B2090/306A61B2090/3614A61B2090/3735A61B90/39A61B2217/007A61B2562/0233
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Patent No.
US 12,257,003
App. No.
17/449,895
Filed
Oct 4, 2021
Granted
Mar 25, 2025
Kind
B2
Examiner
IP, JASON M
Art Unit
3797
USPC
600/426
Abstract

Described herein are methods for producing and identifying characteristic (“crescent shaped”) regions indicative of an atherectomy plaque within a vessel, and systems and devices adapted to take advantage of this characteristic region.

Claims (35)

1. A system comprising:

an elongate imaging catheter body comprising a sensor;

a controller; and

a non-transitory computer-readable medium including contents that are configured to cause the controller to perform a method comprising:

obtaining, from the sensor on the elongate imaging catheter body, an image from within a blood vessel; and

automatically detecting, labeling, and/or highlighting one or more crescent-shaped morphological structures in the image.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the method performed by the controller further comprises automatically detecting a location of an atheroma based on the detected one or more crescent-shaped morphological structures.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the method performed by the controller further comprises determining a direction in which the one or more crescent-shaped morphological structures point.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the method performed by the controller further comprises determining a direction in which one or more of the one or more crescent-shaped morphological structures point and determining a location of an atheroma based on the direction.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the method performed by the controller further comprises detecting a location of healthy tissue based on the detected one or more crescent-shaped morphological structures.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the method performed by the controller further comprises displaying the detected one or more crescent-shaped morphological structures as real-time markers.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the method performed by the controller further comprises, based upon images showing a characteristic one or more crescent-shaped morphology, aligning or steering the elongate imaging catheter body through the blood vessel.

8. The system of claim 1 , wherein the elongate imaging catheter further comprises one or more reference markers, wherein the one or more reference markers are configured to produce corresponding reference regions in the image.

9. The system of claim 1 , wherein the sensor comprises an optical coherence tomography (OCT) sensor on the elongate imaging catheter body.

10. The system of claim 1 , further comprising a rotatable cylindrical cutter at or near a distal end of the elongate imaging catheter body.

11. A system comprising:

an elongate imaging catheter body comprising a sensor;

a cutter on the elongate imaging catheter body at or near a distal end of the elongate imaging catheter body; and

a controller comprising a non-transitory computer-readable medium including contents that are configured to cause the controller to perform a method comprising:

obtaining, from the sensor on the elongate imaging catheter body, an image from within a blood vessel;

automatically detecting, labeling, and/or highlighting one or more crescent-shaped morphological structures in the image; and

indicating a location of an atheroma based on the detected one or more crescent-shaped morphological structures.

12. The system of claim 11 , wherein the method performed by the controller further comprises determining a direction in which the one or more crescent-shaped morphological structures point and determining the location of the atheroma based on the direction.

13. The system of claim 11 , wherein the method performed by the controller further comprises detecting a location of healthy tissue based on detected one or more crescent-shaped morphological structures.

14. The system of claim 11 , wherein the method performed by the controller further comprises displaying detected one or more crescent-shaped morphological structures as real-time markers on the image.

15. The system of claim 11 , wherein the method performed by the controller further comprises, based upon images showing a characteristic one or more crescent-shaped morphology, aligning or steering the elongate imaging catheter body through the blood vessel.

16. The system of claim 11 , further comprising one or more reference markers on the elongate imaging catheter body, wherein the one or more reference markers are configured to produce corresponding reference regions in the image.

17. The system of claim 11 , wherein the sensor comprises an optical coherence tomography (OCT) sensor on the elongate imaging catheter body.

18. A method of identifying an atheroma within a blood vessel, the method comprising:

inserting a device into the blood vessel;

imaging the blood vessel with a sensor of the device to create an image;

identifying a location and orientation of a plurality of pointed crescent-shaped structures extending radially from a semi-circular or “D” shaped central portion in the image, wherein a controller automatically identifies the pointed crescent-shaped structures; and

determining a position of an atheroma within the blood vessel relative to the device based upon the identified location and orientation of the pointed crescent-shaped structures in the image.

19. The method of claim 18 , wherein the semi-circular or “D” shaped central portion comprises a rounded portion and a linear portion, each pointed crescent-shaped structure extending from a junction of the rounded portion and the linear portion.

20. The method of claim 18 , further comprising, with the controller, automatically orienting or steering the device through the blood vessel based upon a characteristic crescent-shaped morphology.

Assignments (4)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 10, 2025
From: AVINGER (ASSIGNMENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF CREDITORS), LLC
To: LUMIVASCULAR, INC.
Reel/Frame 072835/0378 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 10, 2025
From: AVINGER, INC.
To: AVINGER (ASSIGNMENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF CREDITORS), LLC
Reel/Frame 072852/0136 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Apr 30, 2025
From: LUMIVASCULAR, INC.
To: ZYLOX TONBRIDGE MEDICAL LIMITED
Reel/Frame 071135/0568 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 14, 2022
From: SPENCER, MAEGAN K.; SIMPSON, JOHN B.; DAVIES, STEPHEN C.
To: AVINGER, INC.
Reel/Frame 058663/0405 →
Continuity (5)
Continuation 15162353 · May 23, 2016
Continuation 13675867 · Nov 13, 2012
Continuation In Part 13433049 · Mar 28, 2012
Provisional Application 61559013 · Nov 11, 2011
Related Publication 20220125525A1 · Apr 28, 2022
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