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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 27, 2024
Filed:
Mar. 27, 2020
Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha, Shibuya, JP;
Takito Inukai, Fujinomiya, JP;
Tetsuya Fukuoka, Hadano, JP;
TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A treatment method reduces the time required to exchange a long catheter which is introduced from an arm to treat the lower limb artery. The treatment method involves introducing a first catheter from an artery of one arm of the patient to dispose a distal portion of the first catheter at least in front of the lesion area in the lower limb artery; introducing a second catheter from an artery of the other arm of the patient; disposing a first treatment catheter in the lesion area through the first catheter; treating the lesion area with the first treatment catheter; and assisting the treatment with the second catheter and/or a second treatment catheter that is inserted into the second catheter.