Vascular re-entry catheter

A method for facilitating treatment of an occlusion in a blood vessel with a catheter device, the blood vessel having a vascular wall defining a vascular lumen containing an occlusion therein, the method comprising:

• positioning the catheter device proximate the occlusion, the catheter device having a lumen and comprising:
• a distal catheter tube portion including
• a tube wall comprising at least one side port and at least one radiopaque marker,
• a guide-tip located at a distal end of the catheter, where the guide-tip includes at least two wings protruding radially outward in diametrically opposing directions,
• advancing the guide-tip within the vascular wall adjacent the occlusion until the at least one side port is positioned distal of the occlusion to establish a channel in the vascular wall extending longitudinally across the occlusion;
• orienting the at least one side port toward the vascular lumen;
• inserting a re-entry device through the lumen of the catheter device wherein the re-entry device has a distal end portion in a compressed state;
• and
• manipulating the re-entry device such that a distal end portion of the re-entry device exits, in a natural state, from the at least one side port into the distal segment of the vascular lumen.