Devices, systems, and methods for delivering fluid through a tubular element
AssigneesBoston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
InventorsJason John Matteson, JR., Matthew Maciej, Mitchell Nelson, Paul A. Friedman
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Abstract
A flexible elongate member with the ability to deliver a material through a medium-delivery channel defined within a wall thereof. The flexible elongate member may have a tubular wall defining a lumen therethrough, the medium-delivery channel being formed within the tubular wall. The flexible elongate member may be a reinforced flexible tubular elongate member with a reinforcing layer within the tubular wall thereof. One or more filaments forming the reinforcing layer may be hollow to define the medium-delivery channel extending through the reinforced flexible tubular elongate member.
Claims20
A flexible tubular elongate member having a tubular wall defining a lumen through which a medical device is deliverable to an anatomical site, said flexible tubular elongate member comprising at least one hollow filament extending within said tubular wall, from a first end of said flexible tubular elongate member to a second end of said flexible tubular elongate member, and defining a medium-delivery channel therein through which a material may pass within the tubular wall from said first end of said flexible tubular elongate member to said second end of said flexible tubular elongate member.
A delivery and/or deployment system for delivering and/or deploying a medical device to an anatomical site, said delivery/deployment system comprising:
- at least one flexible tubular elongate member having a wall defining a lumen and a medium-delivery channel defined within said wall and extending longitudinally along said flexible tubular elongate member between a proximal end thereof and a distal end thereof;
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- a device delivered at said distal end of said flexible tubular elongate member.
A method of delivering a material to a distal end of a reinforced flexible tubular elongate member, said method comprising delivering a material through a medium-delivery channel defined longitudinally along a hollow reinforcement filament extending within the wall of the reinforced flexible tubular elongate member between a proximal end and a distal end of the reinforced flexible tubular elongate member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.