Patent ID: 7402151
Filing Date: 2008-07-22
Classification: A61B,A61F,A61M

Abstract:
1. A method of percutaneously accessing the carotid artery of a human patient comprising: providing a guide catheter having a distal end and a proximal end, comprising an outer catheter shaft and an inner catheter shaft with a first deflectable segment at the distal end of the guide catheter, a main body comprising proximal portions of the outer catheter shaft and inner catheter shaft extending proximally from the deflecting segment to a handle having a pull wire actuator, and a pullwire extending from the deflectable segment to the pull wire actuator; inserting the guide catheter percutaneously, through an access point in a femoral artery of the patient, and navigating the deflectable segment into proximity with a carotid artery of the patient, and operating the deflectable segment and rotating the guide catheter as necessary to manipulate the deflecting segment into the carotid artery.