POWER AND DATA INTERFACE FOR INTRAVASCULAR LITHOTRIPSY CATHETER SYSTEM
A catheter system usable for treating a treatment site within or adjacent to a vessel wall of a blood vessel or a heart valve within a body of a patient, the catheter system can include an energy source that generates energy, a catheter that includes an energy guide that receives the energy from the energy source, and a system console that is wirelessly couplable to the catheter so that one of data and power can be exchanged between the system console and the catheter.
1 . A catheter for treating a treatment site within or adjacent to a vessel wall of a blood vessel or a heart valve within a body of a patient, the catheter comprising:
a shaft;
a balloon coupled with the shaft;
an energy guide extending through the shaft and into the balloon that receives energy from an energy source;
an emitter coupled to the shaft and the energy guide, wherein the emitter is configured to transmit the energy from the energy source into an interior of the balloon for treating the treatment site; and
a catheter communicator module configured to be wirelessly connected to a system console via a wireless connection such that the catheter exchanges at least one of data and power with the system console via the wireless connection.
2 . The catheter of claim 1 , wherein the catheter communicator module is configured to exchange only data with the system console via the wireless connection.
3 . The catheter of claim 1 , wherein the catheter communicator module is configured to exchange only power with the system console via the wireless connection.
4 . The catheter of claim 1 , wherein the catheter communicator module is configured to exchange data and power with the system console via the wireless connection.
5 . The catheter of claim 1 , wherein the catheter further includes a catheter battery.
6 . The catheter of claim 5 , wherein the catheter battery is configured to provide power to the catheter.
7 . The catheter of claim 5 , wherein the catheter battery is rechargeable.
8 . A system console for treating a treatment site within or adjacent to a vessel wall of a blood vessel or a heart valve within a body of a patient, the system console comprising:
a power source configured to provide power;
an energy source configured to receive energy from the power source, wherein the energy source is configured to transmit energy to an energy guide of a catheter for treating the treatment site; and
a console communicator module configured to be wirelessly connected to a catheter communicator module of the catheter via a wireless connection such that the system console is configured to wirelessly exchange at least one of data and power with the catheter via the wireless connection.
9 . The system console of claim 8 , wherein the console communicator module is configured to exchange only data with the catheter via the wireless connection.
10 . The system console of claim 8 , wherein the console communicator module is configured to exchange only power with the catheter via the wireless connection.
11 . The system console of claim 8 , wherein the console communicator module is configured to exchange data and power with the catheter via the wireless connection.
12 . A catheter system for treating a treatment site within or adjacent to a vessel wall of a blood vessel or a heart valve within a body of a patient, the catheter system comprising:
a system console including an energy source and a console communicator module; and
a catheter that includes a shaft, a balloon coupled with the shaft, and an energy guide, wherein:
the energy guide receives energy from the energy source and transmits the energy to an interior of the balloon for treating the treatment site; and
a catheter communicator module is wirelessly connected to the console communicator module of the system console via a wireless connection such that the system console exchanges at least one of data and power with the catheter via the wireless connection.
13 . The catheter system of claim 12 , wherein the catheter communicator module is included in the catheter.
14 . The catheter system of claim 12 , wherein:
the console communicator module is a tuned coil; and
the catheter communicator module is an antenna.
15 . The catheter system of claim 12 , wherein:
the catheter communicator module is included in the system console; and
the catheter is configured to interface with a console interface connected to the catheter communicator module in the system console.
16 . The catheter system of claim 12 , wherein the data is exchanged via a wireless data interface including at least one of:
near field communication (NFC);
Bluetooth;
Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE);
Wi-Fi;
Zigbee; and
Adaptive Network Topology (ANT).
17 . The catheter system of claim 12 , wherein the data is exchanged via at least two wireless data interfaces.
18 . The catheter system of claim 12 , wherein the power is exchanged via a wireless power transfer technique.
19 . The catheter system of claim 12 , wherein:
the catheter includes a catheter connector interface at a proximal end of the catheter; and
the system console includes a console connector interface.
20 . The catheter system of claim 19 , wherein:
the catheter communicator module is connected to the catheter connector interface; and
the console communicator module is connected to the console connector interface.