Catheters and related devices for forming passageways...

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1997-04-11

2001-10-16

Isabella, David J. (Department: 3738)

Surgery

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

Treating material introduced into or removed from body...

Reexamination Certificate

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06302875

ABSTRACT:

FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates generally to medical devices and methods, and more particularly to catheters, catheter positioning/aiming systems, and related methods for forming interstitial passageways (e.g., interstitial tunnels) between two or more adjacently situated blood vessels or other anatomical structures.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Applicant has invented novel methods for bypassing obstructions in arteries and for performing other transvascular medical procedures, wherein a catheter device is inserted transluminally into the blood vessel or other luminal anatomical structure and a tissue-penetrating element (e.g., a puncturing member or a flow of energy) is passed out of the catheter, through the wall of the blood vessel or other anatomical structure in which the catheter is positioned, and into a second blood vessel or other target anatomical structure. In this manner one or more interstitial passageways is/are formed from the blood vessel or other luminal structure in which the catheter is positioned, to a second blood vessel or other target tissue. These transvascular procedures, and certain passageway forming catheters which are useable to perform these procedures, have previously been described in U.S. patent applications Ser. No. 08/730,327 entitled METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR BYPASSING ARTERIAL OBSTRUCTIONS AND/OR PERFORMING OTHER TRANSVASCULAR PROCEDURES, filed on Oct. 11,1996 and U.S. Ser. No. 08/730,496 entitled, A DEVICE, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTERSTITIAL TRANSVASCULAR INTERVENTION, filed Oct. 11, 1996.
In performing the above-summarized transvascular procedures, it is important that the passageway-forming catheter be properly positioned and oriented within the body in the order to ensure that the tissue-penetrating element will form the desired interstitial passageway, at the desired location. If the catheter is improperly positioned or improperly oriented, the resultant passageway(s) may fail to perform their intended function (e.g., to channel blood from one location to another) or the tissue penetrating element of the catheter may perforate or traumatize tissue(s) other than those intended to be canalized.
In many of the passageway-forming catheters devised by applicant, it is necessary to precisely control the rotational orientation of the catheter in order to accomplish the desired aiming of the tissue-penetrating element. However, when the passageway-forming catheter is formed of relatively small diameter, thin-walled polymeric material capable of navigating small, tortuous blood vessels, the catheter shaft may lack sufficient structural integrity to efficiently transfer torque from the proximal end of the catheter to the distal end thereof. Such diminished torque transfer of the catheter shaft can prevent or interfere with the precise rotational orientation and positioning of the distal portion of the catheter prior to formation of the extravascular passageway.
Additionally, to facilitate the use of any on-board imaging system (e.g., an intravascular ultrasound system inserted or built into the passageway-forming catheter) or any separate intracorporeal or extracorporeal imaging services intended to assist in the precise aiming of the tissue-penetrating element, it is desirable for the tissue-penetrating catheter to be provided with appropriate markers or other indicia to enable the operator to utilize to discern the present rotational orientation and position of the catheter and the projected path of the tissue-penetrating element.
Thus, there remains a need in the art for further development and modification of applicant's previously described passageway-forming catheter devices so as to provide for i) improved torque transfer to the distal portion of the catheter and ii) precise rotational orientation and aiming of the catheter prior to deployment of the tissue penetrating element.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The inventions described in this patent application include i) a torqueable introducer sheath which is useable in conjunction with a transvascular passageway forming catheter to effect precise rotational control of the catheter; ii) an anchorable guide catheter which is useable in conjunction with an intravascular imaging catheter and a transvascular passageway-forming catheter to effect precise positioning and aiming of the passageway-forming catheter; iii) a passageway forming catheter having a torqueable proximal portion to facilitate precise rotational positioning of the distal portion of the catheter; iv) a deflectable-tipped passageway forming catheter, v) various markers and other apparatus useable in conjunction with any of the passageway-forming catheters to facilitate precise positioning and aiming of the catheter, and vi) an apparatus which may be formed within a catheter to prevent a member, apparatus of flow of material from being inadvertently advanced through a lumen of the catheter.
Additional details and objects of each of the above summarized inventions will become apparent to those skilled in the art upon reading and understanding of the following detailed descriptions of preferred embodiments and the accompanying drawings.


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Yoshiki Kobayashi, Paul G Yock, Peter J Fitzgerald; perivascu

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