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Tandem balloon catheter
Assignee: Cordis Corp
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Filing: 1995-06-23
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Granted: 1997-10-07
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Expires: 2015-06-23
Abstract
Abstract A balloon catheter comprises a catheter shaft and a plurality of lumens, having a pair of spaced, inflatable balloons carried on the shaft to define an interballoon space between the balloons. Each of the balloons are connected to a separate inflation lumen to permit separate inflation and deflation. A fluid flow lumen extends through the catheter shaft and communicates with the interballoon space. Preferably, a perfusion lumen extends through the catheter shaft and the distal end to permit the shunting of blood past the inflated balloons. The spaced balloons are made of an elastomeric material, and are capable of being inflated to a diameter greater than their length. The catheter may be used by inflating a first catheter balloon to block a blood vessel. One then adds a therapeutic agent to the blood vessel at a position on one side of the first balloon through a flow lumen in the catheter. One then inflates a second catheter balloon to block the blood vessel and isolate the medication between the two balloons, while avoiding undue pressure increase in the interballoon space.
Inventors
- 👤 James E. Leone
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-22 23:15
CPC Classifications
A; A61; A61M; A61M25/00; A61M25/10; A61M25/1011; A61M2025/1043; A61M2025/1052; A61M2025/1097
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 27
Claim 1
Independent Claim
107 words
A balloon catheter which comprises: a catheter shaft defining a plurality of lumens and proximal and distal catheter ends; a pair of spaced, inflatable balloons carried on said shaft to define an interballoon space between said balloons, each of said balloons being connected to a separate inflation lumen; a fluid flow lumen extending through said catheter shaft and communicating with the interballoon space to provide a therapeutic agent to the interballoon space, both of the spaced balloons being made of an elastomeric material having an elongation to break of at least 100 percent and capable of being inflated to a diameter that is greater than their length.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
107 words
A balloon catheter which comprises: a catheter shaft defining a plurality of lumens and proximal and distal catheter ends; a pair of spaced, inflatable balloons carried on said shaft to define an interballoon space between said balloons, each of said balloons being connected to a separate inflation lumen; a fluid flow lumen extending through said catheter shaft and communicating with the interballoon space to provide a therapeutic agent to the interballoon space, both of the spaced balloons being made of an elastomeric material having an elongation to break of at least 100 percent and capable of being inflated to a diameter that is greater than their length.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
38 words
The catheter of claim 1 in which said fluid flow lumen communicates with the interballoon space at a position that is nearer to the distal balloon of said spaced, inflatable balloons than the proximal balloon of said balloons.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
124 words
A balloon catheter which comprises: a catheter shaft defining a plurality of lumens and proximal and distal catheter ends; a pair of spaced, inflatable balloons carried on said shaft to define an interballoon space between said balloons, each of said balloons being connected to a separate inflation lumen; a fluid flow lumen extending through said catheter shaft and communicating with the interballoon space, the spaced balloons being made of an elastomeric material and capable of being inflated to a diameter that is greater than their length; said balloons being made of a polyurethane having a more accurate pressure-diameter relation than polyolefin rubber latex, said polyurethane having a Shore A durometer of 40 to 90 and an elongation to break of 150 to 500 percent.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
124 words
A balloon catheter which comprises: a catheter shaft defining a plurality of lumens and proximal and distal catheter ends; a pair of spaced, inflatable balloons carried on said shaft to define an interballoon space between said balloons, each of said balloons being connected to a separate inflation lumen; a fluid flow lumen extending through said catheter shaft and communicating with the interballoon space, the spaced balloons being made of an elastomeric material and capable of being inflated to a diameter that is greater than their length; said balloons being made of a polyurethane having a more accurate pressure-diameter relation than polyolefin rubber latex, said polyurethane having a Shore A durometer of 40 to 90 and an elongation to break of 150 to 500 percent.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
35 words
The catheter of claim 1 in which said fluid flow lumen communicates with the interballoon space at a position that is adjacent to one of the spaced balloons and remote from the other spaced balloon.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
131 words
A balloon catheter which comprises: a catheter shaft defining a plurality of lumens and proximal and distal catheter ends; a pair of spaced, inflatable balloons carried on said shaft to define an interballoon space between said balloons, each of said balloons being connected to a separate inflation lumen; a fluid flow lumen extending through said catheter shaft and communicating with the interballoon space, the spaced balloons being made of an elastomeric material and capable of being inflated to a diameter that is greater than their length; said fluid flow lumen communicates with the interballoon space at a position that is adjacent to one of the spaced balloons and remote from the other spaced balloon; said balloons being made of a polyurethane having a more accurate pressure-diameter relation than natural rubber latex.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
131 words
A balloon catheter which comprises: a catheter shaft defining a plurality of lumens and proximal and distal catheter ends; a pair of spaced, inflatable balloons carried on said shaft to define an interballoon space between said balloons, each of said balloons being connected to a separate inflation lumen; a fluid flow lumen extending through said catheter shaft and communicating with the interballoon space, the spaced balloons being made of an elastomeric material and capable of being inflated to a diameter that is greater than their length; said fluid flow lumen communicates with the interballoon space at a position that is adjacent to one of the spaced balloons and remote from the other spaced balloon; said balloons being made of a polyurethane having a more accurate pressure-diameter relation than natural rubber latex.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
34 words
The catheter of claim 1 further comprising a perfusion lumen extending through said catheter shaft and said distal end, to provide a shunting circuit for blood through said balloons while said balloons are inflated.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
174 words
A balloon catheter which comprises: a catheter shaft defining a plurality of lumens and proximal and distal catheter ends; a pair of spaced, inflatable balloons carried on said shaft to define an interballoon space between said balloons, each of said balloons being connected to a separate inflation lumen; a fluid flow lumen extending through said catheter shaft and communicating with the interballoon space, the spaced balloons being made of an elastomeric material and capable of being inflated to a diameter that is greater than their length; a perfusion lumen extending through said catheter shaft and said distal end, to provide a shunting circuit for blood through said balloons while said balloons are inflated; said perfusion lumen being of larger cross sectional area than any of said inflation lumens and fluid flow lumen, said perfusion lumen being substantially circular in cross-sectional area while said inflation lumens and fluid flow lumen have a cross section comprising a wide dimension and a perpendicular narrow dimension, said wide dimension being less than the diameter of said perfusion lumen.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
174 words
A balloon catheter which comprises: a catheter shaft defining a plurality of lumens and proximal and distal catheter ends; a pair of spaced, inflatable balloons carried on said shaft to define an interballoon space between said balloons, each of said balloons being connected to a separate inflation lumen; a fluid flow lumen extending through said catheter shaft and communicating with the interballoon space, the spaced balloons being made of an elastomeric material and capable of being inflated to a diameter that is greater than their length; a perfusion lumen extending through said catheter shaft and said distal end, to provide a shunting circuit for blood through said balloons while said balloons are inflated; said perfusion lumen being of larger cross sectional area than any of said inflation lumens and fluid flow lumen, said perfusion lumen being substantially circular in cross-sectional area while said inflation lumens and fluid flow lumen have a cross section comprising a wide dimension and a perpendicular narrow dimension, said wide dimension being less than the diameter of said perfusion lumen.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
35 words
The catheter of claim 7 in which said fluid flow lumen communicates with the interballoon space at a position which is adjacent to one of said balloons and remote from the other of said balloons.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
24 words
The catheter of claim 8 in which said balloons are made of a polyurethane having a more accurate pressure-diameter relation than polyolefin rubber latex.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
23 words
The balloon catheter of claim 1 in which at least one of said spaced balloons has a length of 2 to 4 mm.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
23 words
The balloon catheter of claim 1 in which at least one of said spaced balloons has a length of 2 to 4 mm.
Claim 16
Independent Claim
118 words
The method of inserting a catheter into a blood vessel of a patient; inflating a first catheter balloon to block said blood vessel; adding a therapeutic agent to said blood vessel at a position on one side of said first catheter balloon through a flow lumen in said catheter; and then inflating a second catheter balloon to block said blood vessel, said second balloon being longitudinally spaced from said first balloon on said one side to enclose said therapeutic agent between said balloons, both of the spaced balloons being made of an elastomeric material having an elongation to break of at least 100 percent and capable of being inflated to a diameter that is greater than their length.
Claim 17
Independent Claim
118 words
The method of inserting a catheter into a blood vessel of a patient; inflating a first catheter balloon to block said blood vessel; adding a therapeutic agent to said blood vessel at a position on one side of said first catheter balloon through a flow lumen in said catheter; and then inflating a second catheter balloon to block said blood vessel, said second balloon being longitudinally spaced from said first balloon on said one side to enclose said therapeutic agent between said balloons, both of the spaced balloons being made of an elastomeric material having an elongation to break of at least 100 percent and capable of being inflated to a diameter that is greater than their length.
Claim 18
Independent Claim
105 words
The method of inserting a catheter into a blood vessel of a patient; inflating a first catheter balloon to block said blood vessel; adding a therapeutic agent to said blood vessel at a position on one side of said first catheter balloon through a flow lumen in said catheter; and then inflating a second catheter balloon to block said blood vessel, said second balloon being longitudinally spaced from said first balloon on said one side to enclose said therapeutic agent between said balloons; and passing blood through a portion of said catheter to bypass said catheter balloons while said first and second balloons are inflated.
Claim 19
Independent Claim
105 words
The method of inserting a catheter into a blood vessel of a patient; inflating a first catheter balloon to block said blood vessel; adding a therapeutic agent to said blood vessel at a position on one side of said first catheter balloon through a flow lumen in said catheter; and then inflating a second catheter balloon to block said blood vessel, said second balloon being longitudinally spaced from said first balloon on said one side to enclose said therapeutic agent between said balloons; and passing blood through a portion of said catheter to bypass said catheter balloons while said first and second balloons are inflated.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
41 words
The method of claim 13 in which one thereafter deflates one of said balloons and withdraws at least some of said therapeutic agent from said blood vessel back into said catheter flow lumen, prior to deflating the other of said balloons.
Claim 21
Independent Claim
116 words
The method of inserting a catheter into a blood vessel of a patient; inflating a first catheter balloon to block said blood vessel; adding a therapeutic agent to said blood vessel at a position on one side of said first catheter balloon through a flow lumen in said catheter; and then inflating a second catheter balloon to block said blood vessel, said second balloon being longitudinally spaced from said first balloon on said one side to enclose said therapeutic agent between said balloons; thereafter deflating one of said balloons and withdraws at least some of said therapeutic agent from said blood vessel back into said catheter flow lumen prior to deflating the other of said balloons.
Claim 22
Independent Claim
116 words
The method of inserting a catheter into a blood vessel of a patient; inflating a first catheter balloon to block said blood vessel; adding a therapeutic agent to said blood vessel at a position on one side of said first catheter balloon through a flow lumen in said catheter; and then inflating a second catheter balloon to block said blood vessel, said second balloon being longitudinally spaced from said first balloon on said one side to enclose said therapeutic agent between said balloons; thereafter deflating one of said balloons and withdraws at least some of said therapeutic agent from said blood vessel back into said catheter flow lumen prior to deflating the other of said balloons.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
190 words
A balloon catheter which comprises: a catheter shaft defining a plurality of lumens and proximal and distal catheter ends; a pair of spaced, inflatable balloons carried on said shaft to define an interballoon space between said balloons, each of said balloons being connected to an inflation lumen; a fluid flow lumen extending through said catheter shaft and communicating with the interballoon space, the spaced balloons being made of an elastomeric material and capable of being inflated to a diameter that is greater than their length, said catheter further comprising a perfusion lumen extending through said catheter shaft and said distal end, to provide a shunting path for blood through said balloons while said balloons are inflated, in which said perfusion lumen is of larger cross-sectional area than any of said inflation lumens and fluid flow lumen, said perfusion lumen being substantially circular in cross-section, said inflation lumens and fluid flow lumen having cross sections which have a large dimension and a substantially smaller perpendicular dimension, the large dimensions of said inflation lumens and fluid flow lumen being each less than the diameter of the cross section of said perfusion lumen.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
190 words
A balloon catheter which comprises: a catheter shaft defining a plurality of lumens and proximal and distal catheter ends; a pair of spaced, inflatable balloons carried on said shaft to define an interballoon space between said balloons, each of said balloons being connected to an inflation lumen; a fluid flow lumen extending through said catheter shaft and communicating with the interballoon space, the spaced balloons being made of an elastomeric material and capable of being inflated to a diameter that is greater than their length, said catheter further comprising a perfusion lumen extending through said catheter shaft and said distal end, to provide a shunting path for blood through said balloons while said balloons are inflated, in which said perfusion lumen is of larger cross-sectional area than any of said inflation lumens and fluid flow lumen, said perfusion lumen being substantially circular in cross-section, said inflation lumens and fluid flow lumen having cross sections which have a large dimension and a substantially smaller perpendicular dimension, the large dimensions of said inflation lumens and fluid flow lumen being each less than the diameter of the cross section of said perfusion lumen.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
45 words
The catheter of claim 16 in which said balloons are made of a polyurethane having a more accurate pressure-diameter relation than polyolefin rubber latex, said polyurethane having a Shore A durometer of 40 to 90 and an elongation to break of 150 to 500 percent.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
35 words
The catheter of claim 16 in which said fluid flow lumen communicates with the interballoon space at a position that is adjacent to one of the spaced balloons and remote from the other spaced balloon.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim
23 words
The balloon catheter of claim 16 in which at least one of said spaced balloons has a length of 2 to 4 mm.
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| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 2004-10-06 | 2005-04-07 | 2005-10-07 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
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