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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 11, 2000
Filed:
Feb. 04, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Charles D Lennox, Hudson, NH (US);
Troy W Roberts, Arlington, MA (US);
Assignee:
Target Therapeutics, Inc., Fremont, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
604113 ; 604 96 ; 604101 ; 606 28 ; 607101 ;
Abstract
Apparatus for treating an aneurysm in a vessel that isolates a volume around the aneurysm, evacuates that volume and heats the aneurysmal wall. A catheter includes one or more inflatable balloons for defining the isolated volume and occluding and preventing any blood flow through the volume. Suction applied through the catheter to the isolated volume withdraws any blood in the isolated volume and displaces the tissue for contact with a thermal source that heats the aneurysmal wall. When the treatment is completed, the balloons are deflated and the catheter is removed from the vessel.