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US 2006/0149218 A1Published application
Methods and apparatus for treating the interior of a blood vessel
OwnerCharles Slater, Brett Naglreiter +3inventors
InventorsCharles Slater, Brett Naglreiter, Scott Jahrmarkt, Thomas Bales, Banning Lary
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Abstract
Methods and apparatus for treating the interior of a blood vessel include a variety of catheter designs, methods and apparatus for occluding a blood vessel, methods and apparatus for locating an occlusion device, methods and apparatus for locating a treating device at the site of blood vessel tributaries, and methods and apparatus for dispensing treating agent.
Claims25
1-30. (canceled)
An apparatus for treating the interior of a blood vessel, comprising:
- a first catheter having a proximal end and a distal end with a plurality of spaced apart perforations therebetween;
- an occlusion device coupled to the distal end of said first catheter;
- means for deploying the occlusion device;
- and
- means for dispensing a treating agent through said perforations proximal of said occlusion device.
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A method for treating the interior of a blood vessel, said method comprising:
- delivering an apparatus into the blood vessel, the apparatus having
- a first catheter having a proximal end and a distal end with a plurality of spaced apart perforations therebetween,
- an occlusion device coupled to the distal end of the first catheter, and
- deployment means for deploying said occlusion device;
- deploying the occlusion device;
- and
- dispensing a treating agent through the perforations in the first catheter proximal the occlusion device while maintaining the first catheter stationary.
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54-130. (canceled)
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.