Embolization Assistant Systems and Methods

Keywords:  Device, cardiovascular diseases, embolization, endovascular, drug delivery, imaging, monitoring, drug elution

Background:  The NIH Clinical Center seeking interest from commercial entities interested in collaborative research to further co-develop  a system for delivering embolic materials endovascularly to patients. The system includes a smart catheter that provides quantitative feedback to a physician during embolotherapy.  This includes a detecting portion for measuring flow velocity (e.g., Doppler tip), amount of reflux, and amount of embolic particles (e.g., embolization beads) delivered by the catheter.  A graphical user interface displays the measured information in real-time. 

Applications:

• transarterial chemoembolization
• drug eluting bead
• intravenous drug delivery
• drug distribution monitoring
• real-time imaging

Patent Status:  U.S. Provisional Application No. 61/486,722 filed 16 May 2011

Contact:
Ken Rose, Ph.D.
Technology Transfer Specialist
NCI Technology Transfer Center, Marketing Group
240-276-5509
rosek@mail.nih.gov

Please reference abstract # E-184-2011

Last updated:  7/20/2011

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