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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 13, 2021
Filed:
May. 24, 2016
Teleflex Life Sciences Limited, Valletta, MT;
Christopher E. Buller, Oakville, CA;
Chad Kugler, Buffalo, MN (US);
Dean Peterson, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Joshua Brenizer, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Danny M. Jester, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Teleflex Life Sciences Limited, Valletta, MT;
Abstract
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.