Surgery – Instruments – Internal pressure applicator
Patent
1993-01-27
1994-04-05
Thaler, Michael H.
Surgery
Instruments
Internal pressure applicator
606194, 604 96, A61M 2900
Patent
active
053000854
ABSTRACT:
Apparatus for introduction into the vessel of a patient comprising a guiding catheter adapted to be inserted into the vessel of the patient and a device adapted to be inserted into the guiding catheter. The device includes a flexible elongate member and a sleeve carried by the flexible elongate member near the distal extremity thereof and extending from a region near the distal extremity to a region spaced from the distal extremity of the flexible elongate element. The device also includes a guide wire adapted to extend through the sleeve so that the guide wire extends rearwardly of the sleeve extending alongside of and exteriorally of the flexible elongate element into a region near the proximal extremity of the flexible elongate element.
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Advanced Cardiovascular Systems Inc.
Thaler Michael H.
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