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AssigneeIntella Interventional Systems, Inc.
InventorsMir A. Imran, Cecily M. Hillsman, Deepak R. Ghandi, Dennis L. Brooks
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A method for performing an angioplasty procedure for treating one or more stenoses in a blood vessel and branches thereof of a patient using a low profile balloon-on-a-wire catheter which has a flexible elongate tubular member with proximal and distal extremities and a removable inflation device removably secured to the proximal extremity of the flexible elongate tubular member. The method comprises the steps of inserting the balloon-on-a-wire catheter into the vessel so that the balloon is disposed in a selected stenosis in the vessel. The removable inflation device is placed on the proximal extremity of the flexible elongate tubular member so that it is in communication with the lumen in the flexible elongate tubular member. The balloon is inflated to create an enlarged flow passage through the selected stenosis. The removable inflation device is removed from the proximal extremity of the flexible elongate tubular member. A balloon catheter is introduced over the flexible elongate tubular member utilizing the flexible elongate tubular member as a stand-alone guide wire for guiding the balloon of the balloon catheter into the selected stenosis while the balloon of the balloon-on-a-wire catheter is deflated. The balloon of the balloon catheter is inflated to create a larger flow passage in the stenosis.
A method for performing an angioplasty procedure to enlarge a flow passage in a stenosis in a blood vessel of a patient by the use of a low profile balloon-on-a-wire catheter having a flexible elongate tubular member with proximal and distal extremities and with a balloon inflation-deflation lumen extending from the proximal extremity to the distal extremity, an inflatable balloon carried by the distal extremity of the flexible elongate tubular member, means carried by the flexible elongate tubular member for establishing communication between the lumen and the interior of the balloon and removable inflation means removably secured to the proximal extremity of the flexible elongate tubular member for supplying an inflation fluid to the lumen for inflating and deflating the balloon, said flexible elongate tubular member having a side opening therein in the proximal extremity thereof in communication with the lumen, said removable inflation means including first and second high pressure seals disposed on opposite sides of the side opening so that that inflation fluid from the removable inflation means must pass through said side opening, the method comprising the steps of inserting the balloon-on-a-wire catheter into the vessel so that the balloon is disposed in the stenosis in the vessel, placing the removable inflation means on the proximal extremity of the flexible elongate tubular member so that the first and second high pressure seals are disposed on opposite sides of the side opening, inflating the balloon through the removable inflation means to a pressure of at least ten atmospheres to create an enlarged flow passage through the stenosis, deflating the balloon, removing the removable inflation means removably secured to the proximal extremity of the flexible elongate tubular member to provide a proximal extremity of the flexible elongate tubular member which has an outer cylindrical surface which is free of obstructions and having the side opening therein, introducing a balloon catheter over the proximal extremity of the flexible elongate tubular member which is free of obstructions, utilizing the flexible elongate tubular member as a stand-alone guide wire for guiding the balloon of the balloon catheter into the stenosis while the balloon on the balloon-on-a-wire catheter is deflated, inflating the balloon of the balloon catheter to create a larger flow passage in the stenosis, deflating the balloon of the balloon catheter and removing the balloon catheter and the balloon-on-a-wire catheter from the stenosis.
A method for supplying apparatus performing an angioplasty procedure to a prospective user, providing a balloon-on-a-wire catheter having a proximal extremity with a lumen therein free of obstructions thereon and a distal extremity with a balloon thereon, the proximal extremity having a side opening therein in communication with the lumen, supplying a kit separate from the balloon-on-a-wire catheter including removable inflation means with first and second spaced-apart high pressure seals adapted to be placed over the proximal extremity of the balloon-on-a-wire catheter with the first and second high pressure seals being disposed on opposite sides of the side opening and thereby placed in communication with the lumen and removably secured thereto but making the high pressure seals with the balloon-on-a-wire catheter so that the balloon on the distal extremity on the balloon-on-a-wire catheter can be inflated and deflated through the inflation means.
A method for performing an angioplasty procedure for treating one or more stenoses in a blood vessel and branches thereof of a patient by the use of a low profile balloon-on-a-wire catheter having a flexible elongate tubular member with proximal and distal extremities and with a balloon inflation/deflation lumen extending from the proximal extremity to the distal extremity, an inflatable balloon carried by the distal extremity of the flexible elongate tubular member, means carried by the flexible elongate tubular member for establishing communication between the lumen and the interior of the balloon and removable inflation means removably secured to the proximal extremity of the flexible elongate tubular member for supplying an inflation fluid to the lumen for inflating and deflating the balloon, the method comprising the steps of inserting the balloon-on-a-wire catheter into the vessel so that the balloon is disposed in a selected stenosis in the vessel, placing the removable inflation means on the proximal extremity of the flexible elongate tubular member so that it is in communication with the lumen, inflating the balloon to create an enlarged flow passage through the selected stenosis, removing the inflation means removably secured to the proximal extremity of the flexible elongate tubular member, introducing a balloon catheter over the flexible elongate tubular member utilizing the flexible elongate tubular member as a stand-alone guide wire for guiding the balloon of the balloon catheter into the selected stenosis while the balloon of the balloon-on-a-wire catheter is deflated, inflating the balloon of the balloon catheter to create a larger flow passage in the stenosis, deflating the balloon of the balloon catheter and removing the balloon catheter, redeploying the balloon-on-a-wire catheter so that the balloon thereon is in registration with another stenosis, placing the removable inflation means on the proximal extremity of the flexible elongate tubular member so that it is in communication with the lumen, inflating the balloon on the balloon-on-a-wire catheter to create an enlarged flow passage through the another stenosis, removing the inflation means removably secured to the proximal extremity of the flexible elongate tubular member, introducing a balloon catheter over the flexible elongate tubular member utilizing the flexible elongate tubular member as a stand-alone guide wire for guiding the balloon of the balloon catheter into the another stenosis while the balloon of the balloon-on-a-wire catheter is deflated, inflating the balloon of the balloon catheter to create a larger flow passage in the another stenosis, deflating the balloon of the balloon catheter and removing the balloon catheter and the balloon-on-a-wire catheter from the another stenosis.
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