Patent ID: 6251104
Filing Date: 2001-06-26
Classification: A61B,A61M

Abstract:
An elongated guiding catheter comprising:a) an elongated shaft which has proximal and distal ends, a port in the distal end and an inner lumen extending therein to and in fluid communication with the port in the distal end;b) a relatively straight main shaft section; andc) a shaped distal shaft section which is distally adjacent the straight main shaft section and which has at least a first segment and a second segment proximally adjacent to the first segment, with the first segment being at an angle of about 95.degree. to about 160.degree. with respect to the proximally adjacent second segment and the second segment being at an angle of about 95.degree. to about 160.degree. with respect to a proximally adjacent third segment or the main shaft section proximally adjacent thereto and which has a discharge axis that will be generally parallel to a longitudinal axis of the patient's left ventricle when the relatively straight main shaft section is disposed in the patient's aorta and the shaped distal shaft section is disposed in the patient's left ventricle.