Title :
Angioscopy-design considerations and preliminary results with the ACS angioscope
Author :
Samson, Gene ; Aita, Michael ; Doyle, Tom ; Michaels, Mary Beth ; White, Christopher ; Ramee, Steven
Author_Institution :
Adv. Cardiovascular Syst. Inc., Santa Clara, CA, USA
Abstract :
The engineering requirements for designing a safe and effective percutaneous coronary angioscope are reviewed. These requirements have been incorporated into a 4.3 French over-the-wire, steerable angioscope, which has been approved for sale as a diagnostic device and has been used successfully in clinical studies, Further clinical studies are underway to document the utility of the angioscopic information. If the device proves efficacious, it can easily be modified to enable therapeutic dilatations
Keywords :
biomedical equipment; cardiology; fibre optics; patient diagnosis; clinical studies; design considerations; diagnostic device; engineering requirements; percutaneous coronary angioscope; steerable angioscope; therapeutic dilatations; Arteries; Catheters; Color; Image resolution; Lenses; Lighting; Marketing and sales; Optical fiber devices; Optical imaging; TV;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 1989. Images of the Twenty-First Century., Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in
Conference_Location :
Seattle, WA
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.1989.96154
