Patent ID: 8518011
Filing Date: 2013-08-27
Classification: A61M

Abstract:
1. A method for advancing at least two catheter devices into a vasculature of a patient, the method comprising: providing an introducer sheath comprising a proximal end, a distal end, a first proximal port, a second proximal port, at least a first lumen having a distal aperture, and at least a second aperture positioned proximally of the distal aperture; positioning the introducer sheath in the patient such that the proximal end is positioned outside the patient, and the distal end is positioned in an abdominal aorta of the patient at or near origins of renal arteries of the patient; advancing a renal artery catheter device through the first proximal port to the first distal aperture; deploying the renal artery catheter device such that the renal artery catheter device self-expands when advanced from the sheath and cannulates to extend into at least one of the renal arteries; and advancing a vascular catheter device through the second proximal port and into at least one peripheral vessel of the patient on a contralateral side of the patient relative to an insertion point of the sheath.