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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 08, 2010
Filed:
Sep. 06, 2005
Yue-teh Jang, Fremont, CA (US);
Ross S. Tsugita, Mountain View, CA (US);
Bruce S. Addis, Redwood City, CA (US);
Tracy D. Maahs, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Jean C. Chang, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Yue-Teh Jang, Fremont, CA (US);
Ross S. Tsugita, Mountain View, CA (US);
Bruce S. Addis, Redwood City, CA (US);
Tracy D. Maahs, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Jean C. Chang, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Abstract
A catheter system comprising a guidewire, an endovascular catheter, and an aspiration catheter. The guidewire has an expandable occluder mounted on a distal end. The guidewire and the endovascular catheter are insertable into a lumen of the aspiration catheter. The aspiration catheter also includes infusion and aspiration lumen(s) and port(s). Methods of using the catheter system for treating a vascular lesion and removing embolic material during the procedure are also disclosed.