Patent ID: 6440097
Filing Date: 2002-08-27
Classification: A61B,A61M

Abstract:
A medical catheter for use with a wire which is adapted to slideably pass through a distal wire port in said catheter, said medical catheter comprising:a body having a distal end portion comprising an expandable balloon, an open distal wire port distal to the balloon, and a distal delivery port proximal to the balloon, said body further having a proximal end portion comprising a proximal inflation/wire port and a proximal delivery port, an inflation/wire lumen formed from a first independent tubing and extending between said distal wire port and said proximal inflation/wire port and being in fluid communication with said expandable balloon, said inflation/wire lumen being adapted to slideably receive a wire, and a delivery lumen formed from a second independent tubing and extending between said proximal and distal delivery ports.