Patent ID: 9440046
Filing Date: 2016-09-13
CPC Classification: A61B,A61M

Claim Text:
1. The method of treating a vascular disease comprising: inserting into a body vessel a catheter having a lumen, an end hole and a plurality of exits longitudinally disposed along the sidewall of said lumen, said end hole having a proximal opening and a distal opening, inserting through said catheter an occluding wire having an occluding element having a larger size than the size of said end hole so as to occlude the proximal opening of said end hole, and delivering a sclerosant fluid into said lumen under pressure to provide jets of said fluid through said exits that impinge on the wall of the body vessel without using an occlusion balloon and while said end hole is occluded by said occluding element to close the body vessel.