Granted Patent
B2
US 12,636,466 · App. 18/507,565 · Granted May 26, 2026
Devices and methods for catheter alignment
Inventors:
Sophie Humbert (Arbusigny, FR); Katharina Wieczorek (Dresden, DE); Anika Nguyen (Dresden, DE); Marcus Wenzel (Priestewitz, DE); David Hugo Deaton (Crownsville, MD); Trent Matthew Mengel (La Vista, NE); Rowan Olund Hettel (Saint-Germain-en-Laye, FR)
Assignee:
LimFlow GmbH
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Abstract
A launching catheter for targeting a second vessel from a first vessel includes a catheter including a proximal portion and a distal portion including a needle aperture and a flat rectangular radiopaque marker. The flat rectangular radiopaque marker disappears under fluoroscopy upon rotation to provide information about rotational alignment of the launching catheter. The launching catheter includes a needle configured to extend through the needle aperture. A method of aligning the catheter includes rotating the catheter in a first blood vessel until the marker has a thickness (e.g., minimal thickness) under fluoroscopy. The thickness indicates rotational alignment of the catheter.
Claims (25)
1 . A method of creating a connection between a first vessel and a second vessel, the method comprising:
positioning a catheter within the first vessel, wherein the catheter includes a rotational axis and a radiopaque marker eccentrically positioned relative to the rotational axis;
viewing the radiopaque marker via an imaging system;
while viewing the radiopaque marker via the imaging system, rotating the catheter about the rotational axis to an aligned position in which the radiopaque marker is (a) positioned nearest to the second vessel and (b) has a substantially smallest dimension; and
with the catheter in the aligned position, advancing a needle out of the catheter into the first vessel and into the second vessel.
2 . The method of claim 1 wherein the radiopaque marker is flat.
3 . The method of claim 1 wherein the radiopaque marker has a flat rectangular shape.
4 . The method of claim 1 wherein advancing the needle out of the catheter into the first vessel and into the second vessel comprises advancing the needle out of a needle aperture of the catheter.
5 . The method of claim 4 wherein the needle aperture is circumferentially aligned with the radiopaque marker about the rotational axis.
6 . The method of claim 5 wherein the radiopaque marker is distal to the needle aperture.
7 . The method of claim 1 wherein the imaging system comprises a fluoroscopic imaging system.
8 . The method of claim 1 wherein the method further comprises, before viewing the radiopaque marker via the imaging system, positioning the imaging system to maximize a distance between a centerline of the first vessel and a centerline of the second vessel.
9 . The method of claim 1 wherein the first vessel is an artery and wherein the second vessel is a vein.
10 . The method of claim 1 wherein advancing the needle out of the catheter into the first vessel and into the second vessel comprises inhibiting lateral and/or rotational movement of the needle away from a predefined path with a profile coupled to the needle.
11 . The method of claim 10 wherein the profile has an asymmetric shape along at least one axis, and wherein advancing the needle comprises sliding the profile within a lumen of the first-catheter having a corresponding asymmetric shape along the at least one axis such that the needle is constrained from the lateral and/or rotational movement.
12 . The method of claim 1 wherein the catheter is a first catheter, and wherein the method comprises:
positioning a second catheter within the second vessel.
13 . The method of claim 12 wherein the second catheter comprises a radiopaque material.
14 . The method of claim 13 wherein the method further comprises viewing the radiopaque material via the imaging system.
15 . The method of claim 1 wherein the method further comprises expanding an expandable element of a second catheter within the second vessel.
16 . The method of claim 15 wherein advancing the needle out of the first catheter further comprises advancing the needle out of the first catheter into the first vessel, into the second vessel, and into the expandable element.
17 . The method of claim 16 wherein the method further comprises moving the expandable element within the second vessel to confirm tactilely that the needle is positioned within the expandable element.
18 . The method of claim 15 wherein the expandable element is a mesh.
19 . The method of claim 1 wherein the method further comprises advancing a guidewire through the first catheter and through the needle from the first vessel into the second vessel.
20 . The method of claim 19 wherein the method further comprises retracting the second catheter to advance the guidewire through the second vessel.
Assignments (5)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST
Recorded Jan 30, 2024
From: LIMFLOW S.A.
To: INARI MEDICAL, INC.
Reel/Frame 066380/0110 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST
Recorded Nov 13, 2023
From: HUMBERT, SOPHIE; MENGEL, TRENT MATTHEW; HETTEL, ROWAN OLUND
To: LIMFLOW GMBH
Reel/Frame 065546/0258 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST
Recorded Nov 13, 2023
From: LIMFLOW S.A.
To: LIMFLOW GMBH
Reel/Frame 065546/0282 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST
Recorded Nov 13, 2023
From: WIECZOREK, KATHARINA; NGUYEN, ANIKA; WENZEL, MARCUS; CONTRACT MEDICAL INTERNATIONAL GMBH
To: LIMFLOW S.A.
Reel/Frame 065546/0309 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST
Recorded Nov 13, 2023
From: DEATON, DAVID H.; CHESAPEAKE VASCULAR P.C.
To: LIMFLOW S.A.
Reel/Frame 065546/0332 →
Continuity (7)
Continuation
PCTUS2019055204
· Oct 8, 2019
Provisional Application
62887274
· Aug 15, 2019
Provisional Application
62817217
· Mar 12, 2019
Provisional Application
62743107
· Oct 9, 2018
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