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Bailout receptacle for angioplasty catheter
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Filing: 1992-07-10
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Granted: 1994-08-30
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Abstract
Abstract A bailout system for procedures involving angioplasty catheters, comprising a receptacle sized to fit inside an angioplasty guiding catheter, comprising an elongate tubular shaft having a lumen extending longitudinally therethrough from a proximal end to a distal end, a balloon angioplasty catheter extending through the lumen, the angioplasty catheter and the receptacle each adapted to slide longitudinally with respect to each other, and a longitudinally movable guidewire extending through the lumen but outside of the angioplasty catheter. Also disclosed is a method for using the system.
Inventors
- 👤 G. David Jang
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-22 23:18
CPC Classifications
A; A61; A61M; A61M25/00; A61M25/01; A61M2025/0183; A61M25/10; A61M25/104
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 35
Claim 1
Independent Claim
234 words
A method for practicing balloon angioplasty, comprising the steps of: a. providing a bailout system, said bailout system comprising: a receptacle comprising an elongate tubular shaft having a lumen of a substantially constant diameter extending longitudinally therethrough from a proximal end to a distal end, said receptacle being adapted to extend longitudinally through a guiding catheter; and a balloon angioplasty catheter having a proximal end and a distal end and an angioplasty balloon at or near the distal end of the catheter, said balloon in communication with a balloon inflation lumen and said balloon further having a maximum inflated diameter, said angioplasty catheter extending through said lumen, said angioplasty catheter and said receptacle each adapted to freely slide longitudinally with respect to each other, and wherein the diameter of the lumen in the receptacle is not greater than the maximum inflated diameter of the balloon; b. positioning the bailout system in a patient, so that the angioplasty balloon of the angioplasty catheter is positioned in a stenosis; c. inflating and deflating the balloon to dilate the stenosis; d. advancing the distal end of the bailout receptacle through the stenosis; e. then advancing a guidewire through the bailout receptacle and through the lesion, such that the guidewire is outside of said catheter along the entire length of said catheter; and f. withdrawing the angioplasty catheter from the patient, leaving the guidewire in the dilated lesion.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
234 words
A method for practicing balloon angioplasty, comprising the steps of: a. providing a bailout system, said bailout system comprising: a receptacle comprising an elongate tubular shaft having a lumen of a substantially constant diameter extending longitudinally therethrough from a proximal end to a distal end, said receptacle being adapted to extend longitudinally through a guiding catheter; and a balloon angioplasty catheter having a proximal end and a distal end and an angioplasty balloon at or near the distal end of the catheter, said balloon in communication with a balloon inflation lumen and said balloon further having a maximum inflated diameter, said angioplasty catheter extending through said lumen, said angioplasty catheter and said receptacle each adapted to freely slide longitudinally with respect to each other, and wherein the diameter of the lumen in the receptacle is not greater than the maximum inflated diameter of the balloon; b. positioning the bailout system in a patient, so that the angioplasty balloon of the angioplasty catheter is positioned in a stenosis; c. inflating and deflating the balloon to dilate the stenosis; d. advancing the distal end of the bailout receptacle through the stenosis; e. then advancing a guidewire through the bailout receptacle and through the lesion, such that the guidewire is outside of said catheter along the entire length of said catheter; and f. withdrawing the angioplasty catheter from the patient, leaving the guidewire in the dilated lesion.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
76 words
The method of claim 1, wherein said receptacle further comprises guidewire removing means for permitting removal of a guidewire laterally through the shaft, said guidewire removing means extending longitudinally along at least a portion of the shaft, further comprising the final step of removing the receptacle from the patient while maintaining the position of the bailout guidewire in the lesion, so that the bailout guidewire is removed laterally from the receptacle through the guidewire removing means.
Claim 4
Independent Claim
274 words
A method for dilating a bifurcation double lesion, comprising the ordered steps of: (a) providing a bailout system, said bailout system comprising: a receptacle comprising an elongate tubular shaft having a lumen of a substantially constant diameter extending longitudinally therethrough from a proximal end to a distal end, said receptacle being adapted to extend longitudinally through a guiding catheter; and a balloon angioplasty catheter having a proximal end and a distal end and an angioplasty balloon at or near the distal end of the catheter, said balloon in communication with a balloon inflation lumen and said balloon further having a maximum inflated diameter, said angioplasty catheter extending through said lumen, said angioplasty catheter and said receptacle each adapted to freely slide longitudinally with respect to each other, and wherein the diameter of the lumen in the receptacle is not greater than the maximum inflated diameter of the balloon; (b) advancing the system into the coronary artery of a human patient having coronary bifurcation lesion disease at a branch of said artery, so that the angioplasty balloon is in a first bifurcation lesion, and advancing a guidewire through said bailout receptacle so that the guidewire is extending through a second bifurcation lesion, such that the guidewire is outside of said catheter along the entire length of said catheter; (c) inflating and deflating the balloon to dilate the first bifurcation lesion; (d) reversing the respective positions of the balloon and the bailout guidewire, so that the guidewire is in the dilated first bifurcation lesion and the balloon is in the second bifurcation lesion; and (e) inflating and deflating the balloon to dilate the second bifurcation lesion.
Claim 5
Independent Claim
274 words
A method for dilating a bifurcation double lesion, comprising the ordered steps of: (a) providing a bailout system, said bailout system comprising: a receptacle comprising an elongate tubular shaft having a lumen of a substantially constant diameter extending longitudinally therethrough from a proximal end to a distal end, said receptacle being adapted to extend longitudinally through a guiding catheter; and a balloon angioplasty catheter having a proximal end and a distal end and an angioplasty balloon at or near the distal end of the catheter, said balloon in communication with a balloon inflation lumen and said balloon further having a maximum inflated diameter, said angioplasty catheter extending through said lumen, said angioplasty catheter and said receptacle each adapted to freely slide longitudinally with respect to each other, and wherein the diameter of the lumen in the receptacle is not greater than the maximum inflated diameter of the balloon; (b) advancing the system into the coronary artery of a human patient having coronary bifurcation lesion disease at a branch of said artery, so that the angioplasty balloon is in a first bifurcation lesion, and advancing a guidewire through said bailout receptacle so that the guidewire is extending through a second bifurcation lesion, such that the guidewire is outside of said catheter along the entire length of said catheter; (c) inflating and deflating the balloon to dilate the first bifurcation lesion; (d) reversing the respective positions of the balloon and the bailout guidewire, so that the guidewire is in the dilated first bifurcation lesion and the balloon is in the second bifurcation lesion; and (e) inflating and deflating the balloon to dilate the second bifurcation lesion.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
39 words
The method of claim 3, comprising, in addition to steps (a)-(d), the step of withdrawing the balloon catheter from the second dilated lesion, and allowing the guidewire to remain in one of the two dilated lesions for bailout purposes.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
93 words
A bailout system for procedures involving angioplasty catheters, comprising: a guiding catheter; a receptacle of a substantially constant diameter extending logitudinally through the guiding catheter, comprising an elongate tubular shaft having a lumen extending longitudinally therethrough from a proximal end to a distal end; a balloon angioplasty catheter extending through said lumen, said angioplasty catheter and said receptacle each adapted to slide longitudinally with respect to each other; and a longitudinally movable guidewire extending through said lumen, wherein said guidewire is outside of said angioplasty catheter along the entire length of the catheter.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
93 words
A bailout system for procedures involving angioplasty catheters, comprising: a guiding catheter; a receptacle of a substantially constant diameter extending logitudinally through the guiding catheter, comprising an elongate tubular shaft having a lumen extending longitudinally therethrough from a proximal end to a distal end; a balloon angioplasty catheter extending through said lumen, said angioplasty catheter and said receptacle each adapted to slide longitudinally with respect to each other; and a longitudinally movable guidewire extending through said lumen, wherein said guidewire is outside of said angioplasty catheter along the entire length of the catheter.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
14 words
The system of claim 5, wherein said angioplasty catheter is a peripheral angioplasty catheter.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
17 words
The system of claim 5, wherein said angioplasty catheter is a fixed wire coronary balloon angioplasty catheter.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
17 words
The system of claim 5, wherein the diameter of said receptacle shaft is 3.9 French or smaller.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
27 words
The system of claim 8, wherein said receptacle further comprises an enlarged connector at the proximal end thereof through which said angioplasty catheter extends into said lumen.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
24 words
The system of claim 5, wherein said receptacle includes a side port extending through said shaft and adapted to receive a guidewire extending therethrough.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
30 words
The system of claim 10, wherein said side port is located toward the proximal end of said receptacle at a point ordinarily outside a patient during use of said system.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
38 words
The system of claim 5, wherein said receptacle further includes a guidewire removing means for permitting removal of the guidewire laterally through said shaft, said guidewire removing means extending longitudinally along at least a portion of said shaft.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
13 words
The system of claim 12, wherein said guidewire removing means comprises a slit.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
24 words
The system of claim 12, wherein said guidewire removing means is adapted to form a slit when lateral removal of said guidewire is desired.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
27 words
The system of claim 12, wherein said guidewire removing means extends distally along said shaft to within about 40 cm of the distal end of said receptacle.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
22 words
The system of claim 12, wherein said guidewire removing means extends distally along said shaft to the distal end of said receptacle.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
48 words
The system of claim 12, wherein said shaft further includes a side port adapted to receive a guidewire extending therethrough into said lumen, said side port located at a point ordinarily outside the body during use, and wherein said guidewire removing means extends distally from said side port.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
30 words
The system of claim 5, wherein said shaft has a first proximal segment and a second distal segment, and wherein said first segment is more rigid than said second segment.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
19 words
The system of claim 18, wherein said first segment is made of a different material than said second segment.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
19 words
The system of claim 18, wherein said second segment is between about 1 and about 20 cm in length.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
146 words
A bailout system for procedures involving balloon angioplasty catheters, comprising: a receptacle comprising an elongate tubular shaft having a lumen of a substantially constant diameter extending longitudinally therethrough from a proximal end to a distal end, said receptacle being adapted to extend longitudinally through a guiding catheter, and a side port extending through said shaft adapted to receive a guidewire extending therethrough; a balloon angioplasty catheter extending through said lumen, said angioplasty catheter and said receptacle each adapted to freely slide longitudinally with respect to each other, wherein the balloon angioplasty catheter has an angioplasty balloon having a maximum inflated diameter, and wherein the diameter of the lumen in the receptacle is not greater than the maximum inflated diameter of the balloon; and a longitudinally movable guidewire extending through said lumen, wherein said guidewire is outside of said catheter along the entire length of said catheter.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
146 words
A bailout system for procedures involving balloon angioplasty catheters, comprising: a receptacle comprising an elongate tubular shaft having a lumen of a substantially constant diameter extending longitudinally therethrough from a proximal end to a distal end, said receptacle being adapted to extend longitudinally through a guiding catheter, and a side port extending through said shaft adapted to receive a guidewire extending therethrough; a balloon angioplasty catheter extending through said lumen, said angioplasty catheter and said receptacle each adapted to freely slide longitudinally with respect to each other, wherein the balloon angioplasty catheter has an angioplasty balloon having a maximum inflated diameter, and wherein the diameter of the lumen in the receptacle is not greater than the maximum inflated diameter of the balloon; and a longitudinally movable guidewire extending through said lumen, wherein said guidewire is outside of said catheter along the entire length of said catheter.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
30 words
The system of claim 21, wherein said side port is located toward the proximal end of said receptacle at a point ordinarily outside a patient during use of said system.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim
38 words
The system of claim 21, wherein said receptacle further includes a guidewire removing means for permitting removal of the guidewire laterally through said shaft, said guidewire removing means extending longitudinally along at least a portion of said shaft.
Claim 28
Dependent Claim
13 words
The system of claim 23, wherein said guidewire removing means comprises a slit.
Claim 29
Dependent Claim
24 words
The system of claim 23, wherein said guidewire removing means is adapted to form a slit when lateral removal of said guidewire is desired.
Claim 30
Dependent Claim
27 words
The system of claim 23, wherein said guidewire removing means extends distally along said shaft to within about 40 cm of the distal end of said receptacle.
Claim 31
Dependent Claim
22 words
The system of claim 23, wherein said guidewire removing means extends distally along said shaft to the distal end of said receptacle.
Claim 32
Dependent Claim
36 words
The system of claim 23, wherein said shaft further includes a proximal side port adapted to receive a guidewire extending therethrough into said lumen, and wherein said guidewire removing means extends distally from said side port.
Claim 33
Dependent Claim
30 words
The system of claim 21, wherein said shaft has a first proximal segment and a second distal segment, and wherein said first segment is more rigid than said second segment.
Claim 34
Dependent Claim
19 words
The system of claim 29, wherein said first segment is made of a different material than said second segment.
Claim 35
Dependent Claim
19 words
The system of claim 29, wherein said second segment is between about 1 and about 20 cm in length.
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