DR. ARTHUR W CROSSMAN, M.D.
Osteopathic Medicine at Memorial Medical Pkwy, Daytona Beach, FL

2007011, May 17, 2007

Nov 3, 2006

11/592560

Arthur Crossman - Daytona Beach FL, US

A61M 29/00

606194000

A catheter device and related method for diagnostic vascular treatment and/or therapeutic vascular treatment of a subject's vasculature having a lesion. The device comprises: a guide catheter comprising a shaft having a proximal portion and a distal portion; a guide wire disposed in said guide catheter shaft having a proximal portion and a distal portion, said guide wire adapted to transfer beyond the lesion during at least a portion of the vascular treatment and/or therapeutic vascular treatment; and one or more expandable component disposed at said distal portion of said guide wire. The expandable component(s) may be positioned distally beyond the lesion during at least a portion of the vascular treatment and/or therapeutic vascular treatment. The expandable component(s) being adapted to: anchor said guide wire to mitigate and/or prevent loss of guide wire position during at least a portion of the vascular treatment and/or therapeutic vascular treatment; and avoid and/or mitigate trauma to the vasculature during at least a portion of the vascular treatment and/or therapeutic vascular treatment.

8137342, Mar 20, 2012

Dec 21, 2006

11/919718

Arthur W. Crossman - Daytona Beach FL, US

A61B 18/18

606 41, 606 21, 606 33

Device and method significantly that improves the safety and procedural success of the existing art by being able to be less traumatic to vascular tissue, improving atrial contact with the ablation surface, improving positioning and geometrical precision of the ablation pattern, improving steerability and deliverability of the ablation device and by improving localization and geometric precision of the ablation device. The risk of pulmonary vein fibrosis/stenosis will also be substantially lowered. Finally, expansion of the eligible atrial fibrillation population will inherently increase due to the improved components and methods of the present invention.

2008024, Oct 9, 2008

Oct 14, 2005

10/577118

Arthur W. Crossman - Daytona Beach FL, US

A61M 25/10, A61B 5/02, A61M 25/01

600481, 604 9601, 604523

A catheter device fur diagnostic vascular treatment and/or therapeutic vascular treatment of a subject's vasculature having a blunt, atraumatic (non-traumatic) distal tip and orifice edge to the catheter. This will eliminate or mitigate catastrophic complications caused by contemporary catheters such as vascular dissection, thrombosis, distal embolization and vessel occlusion. The catheter tip can be shaped in various ways with solid material (compressible or non-compressible) or balloon inflation devices to create a blunt, atraumatic (non-traumatic) tip and orifice, and may include a set-back region as well.