Advanced Cardiovascular Systems, Inc.

Abbott Cardiovascular Systems, Inc.

Tom Hatten

Srinivasan Sridharan

Jessica G Chiu

Nianjiong Joan Bei

Gregory Waimong Chan

Hongzhi Bai

Mark J Bly

A delivery catheter that includes a flexible shaft having a proximal end and a distal end, the distal end having an outer diameter less than about 13 mm; a delivery lumen having a proximal end and a distal end, the delivery lumen within the flexible shaft, the delivery lumen having at least an outlet port or at least one side hole at the distal end of the delivery lumen, the delivery lumen having a cross-sectional area at least about 5 mm; a pressure monitoring lumen having a proximal end and a distal end, the pressure monitoring lumen within the flexible shaft; a pressure port adjacent to and connected to the distal end of the pressure monitoring lumen; a balloon inflation lumen having a proximal end and a distal end, the balloon inflation lumen within the flexible shaft; a soft tip at the distal end of the flexible shaft; a balloon at the distal end of the flexible shaft, the balloon connected to the distal end of the balloon inflation lumen, the balloon includes at least one of the following materials, polyether block amide resin, polyetheramide, polyurethane, silicone, natural latex, or synthetic latex; wherein the balloon is adapted to inflate to a diameter range of about 4 to about 15 mm.

Retrograde pressure regulated infusion

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Los Altos, CA, United States of America

Tom Hatten