• Fogarty arterial embolectomy catheter is a device developed in 1961 by Dr. Thomas J. Fogarty to remove fresh emboli in the arterial system. (wikipedia.org)
  • For removal of adherent material or fibrous material, Fogarty adherent clot catheter may be used. (wikipedia.org)
  • El Camino Hospital's Fogarty Institute for Innovation (Mountain View, Calif.). Thomas Fogarty, MD, is widely known for inventing the embolectomy catheter, or balloon catheter, which was patented in 1969, but he also carried that same spirit of innovation to El Camino Hospital when he created the Fogarty Institute of Innovation in 2007. (beckershospitalreview.com)
  • Typically, the ISOVUE contrast agent is used to fill the embolectomy Fogarty catheter balloon to assure correct location of the balloon within the Gasserian ganglion. (neurosurgicalatlas.com)
  • Here is the 4 FR Fogarty embolectomy catheter. (neurosurgicalatlas.com)
  • The stylet of the ventriculostomy catheter may be used to create the path for the balloon. (neurosurgicalatlas.com)
  • And here you can see how far the stylet of the ventriculostomy catheter can it be advanced beyond the tip of the trocar Just enough, as far as the Fogarty catheter. (neurosurgicalatlas.com)
  • Next, the Fogarty catheter is placed into the Gasserian ganglion and under life fluoroscopy. (neurosurgicalatlas.com)
  • A balloon catheter for insertion in a body passage includes an elongated coil spring which defines a lumen. (justia.com)
  • The present invention relates to an improved balloon catheter for insertion in a body passage. (justia.com)
  • As explained in the eariler Fogarty patent, such a catheter is used by first inserting it through an incision into a blood vessel and moving the deflated balloon to a point beyond the clot, then inflating the balloon on the remote side of the clot and withdrawing the catheter. (justia.com)
  • Furthermore, if the balloon or other parts of the catheter fragment while in use, portions of the catheter can become lost in the vessel, thereby creating the danger of obstructions in the vascular system. (justia.com)
  • The present invention is directed to an improved balloon catheter which provides important safety advantages over catheters of the prior art. (justia.com)
  • According to one aspect of this invention, a catheter includes a balloon mounted on an elongated support structure which is elongatable in response to an applied stretching force greater than a first value. (justia.com)
  • This first value is chosen such that the support structure elongates perceptibly when an excessive stretching force is applied to the support structure in pulling the balloon through a body passage, thereby providing a tactile indication to a user of the catheter that an excessive stretching force is being applied. (justia.com)
  • By setting the first value at a point greater than that needed to pull the balloon safely through the body passage but less than that at which damage is done to the body passage, the user of the catheter is given a tactile signal whenever he applies an excessive stretching force to the catheter. (justia.com)
  • This reduces balloon volume and pressure, thereby further reducing the danger of damaging the body passage in the event an excessive stretching force is applied to the catheter. (justia.com)
  • According to a second aspect of the invention, a balloon catheter is provided with a balloon and means for receiving and storing fluid from the balloon to temporarily reduce the volume of the balloon when the fluid pressure in the balloon exceeds a predetermined value. (justia.com)
  • It was used as a conduit for passage of a fogarty catheter, over which a smaller sized endotracheal tube was finally railroaded. (jaccr.com)
  • But, if you don't have one available, get a Fogarty cardiac embolectomy catheter from the O.R., and this will do nicely as well. (pemsource.org)
  • The fogarty arterial embolectomy catheter is a suitable alternative, particularly in the setting of a bead or other hollow object. (csurgeries.com)
  • They also have an inflatable balloon which can be inflated with the use of sterile water to keep the catheter in place, once it has been inserted. (ciamedical.com)
  • Balloon catheters of various types are known to the art. (justia.com)
  • disclose two types of embolectomy catheters used to remove blood clots from blood vessels. (justia.com)
  • The use of such balloon catheters brings with it certain dangers. (justia.com)
  • The balloon is then inflated to extract the clot from the vessel. (wikipedia.org)
  • The balloon acts as a drag to push the clot ahead of it until it reaches the incision where it can be readily withdrawn. (justia.com)
  • Infrapopliteal pseudoaneurysms and arteriovenous fistulae are known complications of Fogarty balloon embolectomy. (johnshopkins.edu)
  • It consists of a hollow tube with an inflatable balloon attached to its tip. (wikipedia.org)
  • Initially applied in the 1980s, percutaneous techniques such as balloon angioplasty ( percutaneous transluminal angioplasty [PTA] ), thrombolysis, and mechanical thrombectomy allowed the treatment of stenosis and fistula thrombosis without surgery. (medscape.com)
  • Here's an alternative method for preparing the percutaneous balloon compression apparatus. (neurosurgicalatlas.com)
  • The extensible sheath and a portion of the elongated coil spring form in combination a support structure which perceptibly elongates when an excessive stretching force is applied to the support structure in pulling the balloon through a body passage. (justia.com)
  • In this way strain on the balloon, as well as the pressure exerted by the balloon on the body passage, are automatically reduced when excessive pressures are created in pulling the balloon through a body passage. (justia.com)
  • Preferably the balloon is in fluid communication with the lumen of the coil spring such that the volume of the balloon is reduced when the support structure elongates. (justia.com)
  • The strain relief collar is adapted to extend away from the spring to receive fluid from the balloon to reduce fluid pressure within the balloon when fluid pressure within the balloon exceeds a predetermined value. (justia.com)
  • One preferred embodiment includes a flexible disc-shaped chamber in fluid communication with the balloon, which chamber is sized to fit between the thumb and opposing finger of a user. (justia.com)
  • In addition, the support structure is preferably constructed to temporarily receive fluid and relieve pressure from the balloon when the support structure elongates. (justia.com)
  • Suitable for extracting arterial plugs and blood clots that are resistant to Elastomeric Balloon. (dmmed.co.kr)
  • Video angioscopy was employed in 12 patients to monitor thrombectomy or embolectomy within prosthetic bypass grafts (n = 4), saphenous vein grafts (n = 2), and native femoropopliteal arteries (n = 6). (edu.au)
  • In order to elaborate colorization of the embolus, the balloon swells symmetrically so that it is in close contact with the blood vessels. (dmmed.co.kr)
  • It consists of a hollow tube with an inflatable balloon attached to its tip. (wikipedia.org)
  • Fogarty's Balloon maximizes the removal of embolism and blood clots while minimizing trauma. (dmmed.co.kr)