Patent ID: 9011512
Filing Date: 2015-04-21
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
1. A catheter assembly that provides percutaneous access through a wall of a blood vessel of the body and provides delivery of an implanted device into a neighboring portion of the same blood vessel of the body, said catheter assembly comprising, A. a shaft having a nondeformable cone located at its distal end, and a balloon permanently affixed in position relative to said cone, said cone configured to make direct contact with the vessel wall and having a taper configured to dilate and advance said cone through the vessel wall during cone advancement into the blood vessel, B. a stent device mounted on said balloon adjacent said cone, said stent device comprising self-expanding elements, C. a movable sheath that is positioned on an outside of said stent device, a distal end of said sheath making smooth contact with a surface of said cone during advancement of said cone through the vessel wall, said stent device being held b said sheath into a small diameter configuration during delivery of said catheter assembly into the blood vessel, D. a guidewire having a free distal end and a proximal end said free proximal end having a guidewire attachment element affixed thereto, E. said cone having a cone attachment element located at its distal end, said cone attachment element providing attachment to said guidewire attachment element to form a fixed joint between said cone and said guidewire following placement of said guidewire into the blood vessel.