Patent ID: 7606615
Filing Date: 2009-10-20
Classification: A61B,A61M

Abstract:
1. A catheter device for delivering a substance or apparatus to a target site located within the body of a human or veterinary patient, said device comprising: an elongate catheter body having a distal end, said catheter body being positionable in a blood vessel lumen; a hollow penetrator member positioned within the catheter body and advanceable therefrom; at least one imageable marker that indicates the rotational orientation of the catheter body within the blood vessel lumen, said marker being useable to enable an operator to rotationally orient the catheter body relative to the target site such that subsequent advancement of the penetrator will cause the penetrator to move to a first location that is within or near the target site; and, a delivery catheter that is advanceable through the hollow penetrator to the target site, the substance or apparatus being deliverable to the target site through said delivery catheter.