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US 2014/0275951 A1Published application
Guidewire concierge
AssigneeVolcano Corporation
InventorBret Millett
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Abstract
The invention provides a method of intravascular intervention that includes inserting a catheter comprising an extended body into a lumen within tissue of a patient, advancing the catheter to a treatment site, vibrating a proximal end of the catheter with a mechanical vibrator, and treating the treatment site while a distal end of the catheter is vibrating.
Claims16
A device for an intravascular procedure, the device comprising:
- a hollow body with a lumen therein, and an exit port at a distal end of the device;
- and
- a plurality of access ports at a proximal end of the device, wherein the device is configured so that a catheter can be inserted over a guidewire, the guidewire can be removed from the catheter, and a cable can be inserted into the catheter all within the device.
A method for performing an intravascular procedure, the method comprising:
- inserting a guidewire into tissue within a patient;
- threading a catheter over a proximal end of the guidewire within a device comprising a hollow body with a lumen therein, and an exit port at a distal end of the device, and a plurality of access ports at a proximal end of the device;
- removing the guidewire from the catheter within the device;
- and
- inserting a cable into the catheter within the device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.