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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 01, 2008
Applicant:
Michael S. Noone, Londonderry, NH (US);
Inventor:
Michael S. Noone, Londonderry, NH (US);
Assignee:
Medtronic Vascular, Inc, Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 31/00 (2006.01); A61M 29/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A guiding catheter for providing proximal occlusion while intubating a branch vessel lumen in a patient. The catheter comprises an elongate hollow shaft having open proximal and distal ends and a resiliently compressible occluder fixed about the shaft adjacent the distal end, the occluder having a relaxed shape that tapers distally from a major diameter greater than a diameter of the vessel lumen. The occluder may comprise elastic foam material or an impermeable flexible cover clingingly enclosing a resilient support member.