Surgery – Means for introducing or removing material from body for... – Treating material introduced into or removed from body...
Patent
1994-03-14
1997-07-08
McDermott, Corrine M.
Surgery
Means for introducing or removing material from body for...
Treating material introduced into or removed from body...
606194, A61M 2900
Patent
active
056455291
ABSTRACT:
Devices have been made which are balloon catheters, preferably PTCA devices, and which are capable of selectively directing inflation forces against the thicker part of an eccentric arterial obstruction or an off-center plaque deposit. In a first embodiment, a balloon catheter is formed from at least two balloons positioned side-by-side to each other. One balloon is larger in diameter than the other balloon(s). The larger diameter balloon acts as a cushion to the thinner part of a lesion. The small balloon(s) focuses greater inflation force against the thicker part of the lesion. In a second embodiment, a unitary balloon catheter has a plurality of independently inflatable lobes. Inflation forces may be selectively directed depending on which lumen of the balloon catheter is pressurized. Additionally, different lumens can be used for other purposes including an auto-perfusion catheter and monorail applications. The new devices provide a method of opening a constricted region in the cardiovascular system of a patient.
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Barbere Michael D.
Fagan John R.
Kling Jeffrey M.
C. R. Bard Inc.
McDermott Corrine M.
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