Patent ID: 9549748
Date: 2017-01-24
CPC Classifications: A61B,A61M

Claim:
1. A method of treating a bodily passage having a passage wall defining an opening, the method comprising the steps of: inserting a delivery device having a delivery device proximal end and a delivery device distal end into said bodily passage such that the delivery device distal end is disposed within said bodily passage, the delivery device comprising: navigating the delivery device distal end toward a point of treatment within said bodily passage; applying a distally-directed force on the pusher such that the pusher moves from the pusher first configuration toward the pusher second configuration and the elongate member moves from the first substantially straight configuration to the second curved configuration, in the second curved configuration the elongate member curve is disposed distal to the cannula distal end; navigating the elongate member distal end toward said opening; continuing the step of applying a distally-directed force on the pusher such that the elongate member is advanced through said opening; withdrawing the elongate member distal end from said opening; and withdrawing the delivery device from said bodily passage; wherein the step of inserting a delivery device having a delivery device proximal end and a delivery device distal end into said bodily passage such that the delivery device distal end is disposed within said bodily passage comprises inserting a delivery device having a delivery device proximal end and a delivery device distal end into said bodily passage without a previously placed guide wire such that the delivery device distal end is disposed within said bodily passage.