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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 03, 2003
Filed:
Mar. 03, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Edgar German Loffler, Kleve, DE;
Arie Luite Visscher, Driebergen, NL;
Assignee:
Delft Instruments Intellectual Property B.V., Delft, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 2/900 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 2/900 ;
Abstract
A catheter provided with an elongated tube having channels for the guiding of a radioactive element and for the passage of a guide wire for the catheter as well as fluid under pressure, in which the elongated tube is provided near its distal end on its outer circumference with a recanalization balloon and activatable centering means arranged therein. A by-pass can also be arranged through the recanalization balloon.