Intraluminal devices configured for directional expansion
AssigneesMarco Antonio Peña Duque, Carlos Vonderwalde
InventorsMarco Antonio Peña Duque, Carlos Vonderwalde
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Abstract
Methods and devices useful, for example, in the field of angioplasty and stenting are disclosed. In some embodiments, the methods, devices and kits are configured for directional expansion inside a lumen, for example of a blood vessel obstructed by plaque. In some embodiments, the directional expansion displaces the plaque in a desired direction.
Claims10
An expandable intraluminar device for directional displacement of an obstruction within a lumen of a bodily vessel, the device comprising:
- a balloon catheter comprising an elongate balloon having a first end conjoined to a second end by a central section, the elongate balloon comprising a resilient material wherein the thickness of the resilient material is thinner at the first end and thicker at the second end and the thickness of the resilient material along the central section decreases from the second end to the first end thereby providing a lesser resistance to expansion at the first end and a greater resistance to expansion at the second end, whereby an application of a pressure within the balloon causes a progressive directional expansion of the balloon from the first end along the central section to the second end;
- said device installable within the lumen with a deployment carrier, said deployment carrier insertable into and removable from a subject's body.
An expandable intraluminar device for directional displacement of an obstruction within a lumen of a bodily vessel, the device comprising:
- a) a balloon catheter comprising an elongate balloon having a first end conjoined to a second end by a central section, the elongate balloon comprising a resilient material wherein the thickness of the resilient material is thinner at the first end and thicker at the second end and the thickness of the resilient material along the central section decreases from the second end to the first end thereby providing a lesser resistance to expansion at the first end and a greater resistance to expansion at the second end, whereby an application of a pressure within the balloon causes a progressive directional expansion of the balloon from the first end along the central section to the second end;
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- b) an expandable stent;
- said device installable within the lumen with a deployment carrier, said deployment carrier insertable into and removable from a subject's body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.