Device for treating bifurcated blood vessels
AssigneeBentley InnoMed GmbH
InventorRainer BREGULLA
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Abstract
The invention relates to a balloon catheter for delivering a bifurcated stent into a bifurcated blood vessel, the balloon catheter comprising: a hub, a shaft; and a single balloon connected to the shaft; an inflation port at the hub in fluid communication with the single balloon; wherein the single balloon comprises a first distal portion, a second central portion and a third proximal portion, wherein in its delivery configuration the first distal portion of the balloon is bent down to the third proximal portion of the balloon such that the first distal portion and the third proximal portion of the balloon are arranged adjacent to each other.
Claims15
A balloon catheter for delivering a bifurcated stent into a bifurcated blood vessel, the balloon catheter comprising:
- a hub;
- a shaft;
- a single balloon connected to the shaft;
- and
- an inflation port at the hub in fluid communication with the single balloon;
- wherein the single balloon comprises a first distal portion, a second central portion and a third proximal portion,
- wherein in its delivery configuration, the first distal portion of the balloon is bent down to the third proximal portion of the balloon such that the first distal portion and the third proximal portion of the balloon are arranged adjacent to each other.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.