Amarnath Sangeetha Menon, Igor Subasic de Azevedo, Kylie Choong, Dhruv Bhatnagar, Chen Wang, Pavel Sluka, David R Chisholm, Paul Pasic, Helmut Thissen, Gopal Sama, Andrea Robinson, Andrew Rodda, Aldous Tria, Loren Spiegel, Anak Dharma, Harikrishnan Kaipananickal, Jun Okabe, Assam El-Osta, Simon Mountford, Philip Thompson, Anthony E Dear
PURPOSE: The Lumi-Solve photo-angioplasty drug eluting balloon catheter (DEBc) may afford safety advantages over current DEBc. Lumi-Solve utilises the guidewire (GW) port and lumen to deliver fibre-optic UV365nm light to the angioplasty balloon which may be problematic. We explore and evaluate alternative Lumi-Solve design options to circumvent fibre-optic use of the GW port and lumen which may enhance efficacy and clinical utility. METHODS: Effects of guidewire shadowing (GWS) on visible and UV365nm light transmission were evaluated and modelled in-silico...
May 10, 2023: Cardiovascular Engineering and Technology