Patent ID: 6689157
Filing Date: 2004-02-10
Classification: A61F,A61M

Abstract:
A method of positioning a first wire through a portion of a first branch vessel, across a bifurcation of a main vessel and through a portion of a second branch vessel, and a second wire through the portion of the first branch vessel and into the main vessel, comprising the steps of:introducing a catheter through a first access site and into the first branch vessel, the catheter having at least first and second lumens; advancing the catheter superiorly to the bifurcation of the main vessel and inferiorly down the second branch vessel to a second access site; introducing a first wire through the first lumen and between the first access site and the second access site; introducing a second wire through the second lumen superiorly through the first branch vessel and into the main vessel; and removing the catheter, while leaving the first and second wires in place.