Lumend, Inc.

Jeffrey L Emery

Benjamin J Clark

David J Kupiecki

Matthew R Selmon

Brent Seybold

Sergio Salinas

Kurt Sparks

Michael D Keleher

C Danielle Pinson

Allen W Madsen

A catheter system and corresponding methods are provided for accessing a blood vessel true lumen from a sub-intimal plane of the vessel. The catheter system includes visualization elements for determining the orientation of the true lumen with respect to the sub-intimal plane at an identified entry site from a position in the sub-intimal plane. The entry site is distal to a chronic total occlusion (CTO). The catheter system also includes a system for physically securing tissue of the sub-intimal plane at the entry site to the catheter system. The attaching system reduces or eliminates catheter float within the sub-intimal space. The catheter system further includes re-entry devices to establish and maintain a path from the sub-intimal plane back into the vessel true lumen.

Catheter system for vascular re-entry from a sub-intimal space

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San Mateo, CA, United States of America

Jeffrey L Emery