Patent ID: 11890435
Assignee: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 18:
19. A vascular treatment system, comprising:
a guide catheter; and,
a drug-coated balloon catheter means for sealingly engaging a drug-coated balloon with a distal opening of an interior guide catheter lumen of the guide catheter in a first aspiration position, where in the first aspiration position the guide catheter is in fluid communication with a first space distal to the drug-coated balloon; and,
wherein the drug-coated balloon catheter further comprises means for sealingly disengaging from the distal opening of the interior guide catheter lumen in a second aspiration position, where in the second aspiration position the guide catheter is in fluid communication with a second space proximal to the drug coated balloon.