Teleflex Life Sciences Pte. Ltd.

Industrial Machine, LLC

Danny Jester

Dean A Peterson

Chad John Kugler

Joshua Brenizer

Loic Van Horne

Christopher E Buller

Percutaneous devices and methods for releasably engaging a guidewire against an inner surface of a tubular member are disclosed. A percutaneous device can include a tube member, a push member, and a fixation mechanism such as a fixation balloon. The tube member can define a lumen sized and shaped to receive one or more interventional medical devices therethrough and can have an outer diameter smaller than a lumen of a guide catheter. The push member can extend proximal of the tube member for slidably positioning a distal end portion of the tube member within and beyond a distal end of the guide catheter. The push member can include a lumen in fluid communication with an interior of the fixation balloon, for example, for delivering inflation fluid to, or removing fluid from, the balloon. The fixation balloon can be positioned can be positioned and configured to engage a guidewire against the inner surface of the guide catheter or of the tube member when inflated.

Guidewire fixation

This patent document discloses perfusion catheters and related methods for treating complications related to CTO interventions or dilating a vessel occlusion while maintaining a passage through the treated vessel segment. A perfusion catheter can include an inflatable balloon coiled in a helical manner around a central axis into a series of windings. An inner surface of the series of windings, when inflated, can define a passage through the inflatable balloon. A catheter can also include an elongate shaft extending from a proximal portion to a distal portion, having an inner surface that defines a lumen for providing inflation fluid to, or withdrawing inflation fluid from, a distal end of the inflatable balloon. A catheter can further include a guidewire support tube including a lumen, separate from the lumen from the elongate shaft and the passage through the inflatable balloon, for receiving a guidewire.

Perfusion catheters and related methods

Percutaneous devices and methods for releasably engaging a guidewire against an inner surface of a tubular member are disclosed. A percutaneous device can include a tube member, a push member, and a fixation mechanism such as a fixation balloon. The tube member can define a lumen sized and shaped to receive one or more interventional medical devices therethrough and can have an outer diameter smaller than a lumen of a guide catheter. The push member can be attached at least to a proximal end portion of the tube member for slidably positioning a distal end portion of the tube member within and beyond a distal end of the guide catheter. The push member can include a lumen in fluid communication with an interior of the fixation balloon for delivering inflation fluid to, or removing fluid from, the balloon. The fixation balloon can be positioned on a portion of the push member and can be configured to engage a guidewire against the inner surface of the guide catheter or the tube member when inflated.

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Eden Prairie, MN, United States of America

Danny Jester