Patent ID: 8540758
Filing Date: 2013-09-24
Classification: A61F,A61M

Abstract:
1. A device, comprising: a balloon catheter for accessing an internal volume of an artery that is divided into a first and second branch, the balloon catheter comprising a first catheter tube, a first balloon and a first stent, the first catheter tube, the first balloon and the first stent each having an opening; a first guide-wire for advancing the balloon catheter to a site of plaque buildup substantially near the first and second branch, such that the balloon catheter is substantially at the center of the plaque buildup in the first branch; a second guide-wire that is advanced through the first catheter tube to a position substantially near the center of the first balloon; at least one metal radio-opaque marker on the balloon catheter that is used as a guide to align the openings in the first catheter tube, the first balloon and the first stent, respectively, with an opening to the second branch; wherein the second guide-wire is advanced into the second branch through the openings in the first catheter tube, first balloon and first stent; wherein the first balloon is inflated to deploy the first stent, and then the first balloon is deflated; a third guide-wire that is advanced into the second branch; a second balloon catheter that is advanced using the third guide-wire to the second branch through the first stent, the second balloon catheter comprising a second catheter tube, a second balloon and a second stent; a fourth guide wire that is advanced into the first branch; a third balloon catheter that is advanced using the fourth guide wire to the site of the previously deployed first stent in the first branch, which comprises a third catheter tube and a third balloon; wherein when the second and the third balloons are inflated, whereby the second stent is deployed in the second branch; and wherein the second and third balloons are deflated and removed from the internal volume.