Short exchange guiding catheter apparatus and method

Details Short exchange guiding catheter apparatus and method Short exchange guiding catheter apparatus and method

1992-07-23

1994-04-05

Hindenburg, Max

Surgery

Truss

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604 96, 606194, A61B 600

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052995755

ABSTRACT:
A guiding catheter used for coronary angioplasty procedures includes an inflatable bag on the inner wall of the guiding catheter. The guiding catheter directs a guide wire for a balloon catheter to a coronary artery for opening a blockage in the artery. When the inflatable bag is inflated it pinches the guide wire against the inner wall of the guiding catheter. This procedure enables the guide wire to be secured in or near a coronary artery while the balloon catheter is exchanged. A hypotube runs along the inner wall of the guiding catheter from an inflation syringe near the catheter hub to the inflatable bag. Preferably saline solution is injected into the inflatable bag.

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