Patent ID: 6475195
Filing Date: 2002-11-05
Classification: A61M

Abstract:
An assembly for guiding the path of a therapeutic catheter, comprising:an elongate tubular member including a proximal shaft portion, a profiled portion, and a substantially straight tip portion; the profiled portion comprising, in order from the proximal shaft portion to the tip portion, a first bend, a first substantially straight leg, a second bend, a second substantially straight leg, and a third bend; the first bend, the first substantially straight leg, the second bend, the second substantially straight leg, and the third bend being disposed within a chamber of an aorta; a distal end of the tip portion being disposed within an ostium defined by the aorta; the first substantially straight leg seating against a wall of the aorta opposite the ostium of the coronary artery; and the elongate tubular member defining a lumen extending from a distal end of the elongate tubular member to a proximal end of the elongate tubular member, wherein the lumen is constructed and arranged to receive the therapeutic catheter.