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US 8,617,104 B2Granted
Drug coated balloon catheter
AssigneeAbbott Cardiovascular Systems Inc.
InventorsTravis R. Yribarren, Randolf von Oepen, Kevin J. Ehrenreich, William E. Webler, Jr., Richard R. Newhauser
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Abstract
The present invention relates to balloon catheters for treating a luminal system of a patient. Specifically, the invention relates to catheters having a flexible membrane positioned at a distal portion of the catheter, the flexible membrane retained in a substantially unexposed conformation prior to deployment. Preferably the flexible membrane is capable of delivering a therapeutic agent to a localized environment when deployed to an exposed conformation.
Claims39
A balloon catheter comprising:
- an inner shaft member having a proximal end portion, a distal end portion, and a length therebetween, the inner shaft member defining a guidewire lumen therein, the guidewire lumen having a distal port;
- an outer shaft member movable relative to the inner shaft member between an initial delivery condition and a deployed condition, the outer shaft member having a proximal end portion, a distal end portion, and a length therebetween, wherein the distal port of the guidewire lumen is exposed to an environment external to the outer shaft member when the inner shaft member is in the initial delivery condition relative the outer shaft member, and further wherein the distal end portion of the inner shaft member is proximal to the distal end portion of the outer shaft member in the initial delivery condition;
- an annular flow passage disposed between the inner and outer shaft members;
- a tip disposed at a distal end of the inner shaft member, the tip having a proximal end and a distal end;
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- a flexible membrane attached to the distal end portion of the inner shaft member proximal the proximal end of the tip and attached to the distal end portion of the outer shaft member, wherein the flexible membrane extends between the distal end portion of the inner shaft member and the distal end portion of the outer shaft member;
- wherein the flexible membrane includes an inner surface and an outer surface, the inner surface configured in fluid communication with the annular flow passage.
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A method of treating a luminal system of a patient comprising:
- providing a balloon catheter including:
- an inner shaft member having a proximal end portion, a distal end portion, and a length therebetween, the inner shaft member defining a guidewire lumen therein, the guidewire lumen having a distal port,
- an outer shaft member movable relative to the inner shaft member between a delivery condition and a deployed condition, the outer shaft member having a proximal end portion, a distal end portion, and a length therebetween, wherein the distal port of the guidewire lumen is exposed to an environment external to the outer shaft member when the inner shaft member is in the delivery condition relative the outer shaft member, and further wherein the distal end portion of the inner shaft member is proximal to the distal end portion of the outer shaft member in the delivery condition,
- an annular flow passage disposed between the inner and outer shaft members,
- a tip disposed at a distal end of the inner shaft member, the tip having a proximal end and a distal end;
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- a flexible membrane attached to the distal end portion of the inner shaft member proximal the proximal end of the tip and attached to the distal end portion of the outer shaft member, wherein the flexible membrane extends between the distal end portion of the inner shaft member and the distal end portion of the outer shaft member,
- wherein the flexible membrane includes an inner surface and an outer surface, the inner surface configured in fluid communication with the annular flow passage;
- positioning the balloon catheter at a desired deployment site;
- moving the outer shaft member relative to the inner shaft member from the delivery condition toward the deployed condition;
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- introducing inflation fluid into the annular flow passage to deploy the flexible membrane into an expanded configuration.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.