Patent ID: 6595953
Filing Date: 2003-07-22
Classification: A61B,A61M

Abstract:
Catheter in particular for endovascular applications, comprising a long and flexible, hollow, tubular body having an insertion end and a connection end intended to remain outside the body, and at the insertion end, at least two elements which are expandable/contractible by means of external operation and which are located on said tubular body at a fixed distance from each other such as to be able to operate one upstream and the other downstream of a given section of a vessel, said expandable/contractible elements being adapted and/or being able to be adapted, with regard to their diameters in the expanded condition, to the diameters of the vessels inside which they are intended to be positioned, so as to block temporarily the circulation inside said vessel section, wherein the two elements located at the insertion end are inflatable/deflatable by means of supplying and discharge ducts which are provided inside the thickness of the catheter wall.