Catheter with an expandable perfusion slit

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1994-11-22

1996-11-12

McDermott, Corrine M.

Surgery

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

Treating material introduced into or removed from body...

604 96, 604280, A61M 2900

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ABSTRACT:
An intravascular catheter such as a dilatation catheter for angioplasty procedures which is provided with a perfusion lumen and having one or more expandable proximal perfusion openings such as closed ended slits which are expanded when the body lumen is occluded so as to facilitate the perfusion of body fluid such as oxygenated blo od into the perfusion lumen. An expandable member is disposed within the perfusion lumen to expand the perfusion openings.

REFERENCES:
patent: 5224938 (1993-07-01), Fenton, Jr.
patent: 5306250 (1994-04-01), March et al.
patent: 5378237 (1995-01-01), Boussignac et al.

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