POSITIONING SYSTEM FOR ENDOVASCULAR DEVICES AND THE LIKE

摘要

Positioning system for endovascular devices and the like comprising a catheter (A) having a possibly inflatable element (B), provided with ultrasonic probes (C,C',C"), a control algorithm and characterised in that at least one of said probes is arranged inside (C) the element (B) and at least one further probe is arranged outside the element (B), upstream (C) and/or downstream (C"), in order to allow an accurate spatial localisation - and in real time - of the inflatable element.