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

Claim 9:
10. A vascular treatment system, comprising:
a guide catheter comprising an elongated tubular body and an aspiration port in fluid communication with an interior guide catheter lumen; and,
a drug-coated balloon catheter comprising a drug-coated balloon connected at a distal region of the drug-coated balloon catheter, and an enlarged tubular portion connected at the distal region of the drug-coated catheter;
wherein the drug-coated balloon catheter has a first aspiration position where a proximal portion of the drug-coated balloon is sealingly engaged with a distal opening of the interior guide catheter lumen, and where the enlarged tubular portion is in fluid communication with the interior guide catheter lumen and the aspiration port; and,
wherein the drug-coated balloon catheter has a second aspiration position in which the proximal portion of the drug-coated balloon is sealingly disengaged from the distal opening of the interior guide catheter lumen, and where the enlarged tubular portion is in fluid communication with the interior guide catheter lumen and the aspiration port.