Patent ID: 6475185
Filing Date: 2002-11-05
Classification: A61B,A61M

Abstract:
A device for treating a body vessel region while occluding a more distal body vessel region comprising:a first catheter including a first elongate tubular shaft having a proximal region, a distal region, a proximal end, and a first lumen therethrough, an inflatable balloon disposed near said first shaft distal region and having an interior in fluid communication with said first lumen, and a fluid displacement rod having a portion thereof slideably disposed in said tubular member such that said balloon may be expanded upon longitudinal actuation of said rod; and a second catheter including a second elongate tubular shaft having a second lumen therethrough, wherein said second catheter second lumen is dimensioned to slide over said first catheter shaft while said first catheter balloon remains inflated with inflation fluid.