Patent ID: 9220874
Filing Date: 2015-12-29
Classification: A61B,A61M

Abstract:
1. A method of providing a second entry point in a vessel of a patient remote from a first entry point, the method comprising: deploying a vascular guidewire into the vessel from the first entry point toward the second entry point, the first entry point selected from the group consisting of: the femoral vein and femoral artery, and the second entry point selected from the group consisting of: the internal jugular vein, subclavian vein, carotid artery, axillary artery, and subclavian artery; inserting the guidewire into a first lumen of a vascular catheter; advancing the vascular catheter over the guidewire from the first entry point toward the second entry point; advancing a guide tube out of a distal end of a second lumen of the vascular catheter; directing a distal opening of the guide tube towards a wall of the vessel at the second entry point; advancing a stylet out of the distal end of the guide tube, through the vessel wall and skin of the patient; and inserting a device over the stylet and into the vessel at the second entry point.