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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 12, 2010
Filed:
Mar. 27, 2006
Applicants:
Ib Erling Joergensen, Haigerloch, DE;
Randolf Von Oepen, Los Altos, CA (US);
Inventors:
Ib Erling Joergensen, Haigerloch, DE;
Randolf Von Oepen, Los Altos, CA (US);
Assignee:
Abbott Laboratories Vascular Enterprises Limited, Dublin, IE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 29/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention relates to a surgical catheter, and more particularly, a balloon catheter having an auxiliary lumen configured to permit the advancement of a functional measurement wire to a treatment site. The auxiliary lumen communicates with a working lumen that is configured to permit the advancement of a guidewire and the functional measurement wire, so that the guidewire and functional measurement wire may selectively be advanced to the treatment site during a surgical procedure.