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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2015
Filed:
May. 25, 2012
Steven P. Mertens, New Hope, MN (US);
David Elizondo, Champlin, MN (US);
Andrzej Malewicz, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Matt Heidner, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Tracee Eidenschink, Wayzata, MN (US);
Steven P. Mertens, New Hope, MN (US);
David Elizondo, Champlin, MN (US);
Andrzej Malewicz, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Matt Heidner, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Tracee Eidenschink, Wayzata, MN (US);
Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Abstract
A catheter system comprises a catheter having an elongate catheter shaft such that a portion of the catheter shaft proximal a stent retaining region defines at least one bend that is bent around the longitudinal axis of a vessel. The catheter also has a side branch guidewire housing, defining a side branch guidewire lumen, and a side branch guidewire that extends through the side branch guidewire lumen.