Dilatation catheter having a bifurcated balloon

Details Dilatation catheter having a bifurcated balloon Dilatation catheter having a bifurcated balloon

1998-10-20

2000-01-25

Coggins, Wynn Wood

Surgery

Means for introducing or removing material from body for...

Treating material introduced into or removed from body...

604 5, 604 9, A61M 2900

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060173246

ABSTRACT:
A dilatation catheter includes an inflation balloon having a bifurcated inflation profile at its distal portion. The balloon is securably attached on a guidewire, wherein the guidewire has a two-head distal region with two guidewire distal ends, a first guidewire distal end being capable of advancing into a first vessel while a second guidewire distal end being capable of advancing into a second branch vessel. The bifurcated balloon is to be inflated so that the diameters of the two stenotic vessels at the bifurcation region are enlarged simultaneously. In an alternate embodiment, a dilatation catheter comprising an inflatable bifurcated balloon, wherein a deployable bifurcated stent is wrapped around and on the bifurcated balloon of a dilatation catheter.

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