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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 2019
Filed:
Jul. 23, 2015
Cook Medical Technologies Llc, Bloomington, IN (US);
David Christian Lentz, Bloomington, IN (US);
Anders Bro, Malmo, SE;
Katrine Birch Rasmussen, Bloomington, IN (US);
Cook Medical Technologies LLC, Bloomington, IN (US);
Abstract
A supportive balloon catheter which may be used to assist a wire guide in advancing across a lesion which partially or totally occludes an intraluminal passage. The supportive balloon catheter is advanced over the wire guide, close to the location of the lesion. The supportive balloon catheter is then inflated, securing the position of the wire guide in the intraluminal passage. A braid on the catheter may provide additional structural support. The secured catheter restricts the movement of the wire guide advancing across the lesion, preventing kinking or deflection off the surface of the lesion. Once the wire guide has advanced across the lesion, the supportive balloon catheter or a different angioplasty may be used to clear the lesion from the intraluminal passage.