Hexacath

Nico Pijls

Bernard De Bruyne

Gilles Ascher

Gilles Charles Franklin Ascher

A catheter system and a method for performing body obstruction destruction are disclosed. The catheter comprises a catheter shaft comprising a proximal end and a distal end, including an outer tubular member and at least one inner tubular member disposed within the outer tubular member; a first fluid lumen defined between the inner tubular member and the outer tubular member and at least one second lumen defined by the inner tubular member; one or more fluid exit openings located at a distal end region of the catheter configured to permit fluid to exit the catheter from the first fluid lumen; fluid pressure means located external of the catheter ahead from the proximal end for delivering said fluid in the first fluid lumen at a pressure range predetermined to cause destruction of said obstruction.

Catheter systems and methods for performing a destruction of a body obstruction

The invention relates to an infusion catheter device. This catheter devicehas an elongate, substantially tubular shape defining a longitudinal axis, a distal end (D) and a proximal end (P), configured to be introduced into a conduit () having an inner wall () and an outer wall () and comprising at least one partial or total obstruction () or occlusion to be treated, said device comprising, at its distal end (D), one or more infusion orifices () for an infusion liquid (LI), and, upstream from the one or more infusion orifices, at the proximal side (P) of the infusion catheter (), at least one obturating element () for temporary obturating, configured to treat said obstruction () or occlusion and to perform the infusion of the infusion liquid (LI) downstream from the obturating element () and in the obturating position. This device is suitable in particular for cardiac surgery and interventional cardiology.

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Waalre, Netherlands

Nico Pijls