Patent ID: 6520183
Filing Date: 2003-02-18
Classification: A61M,Y10S

Abstract:
A double endobronchial catheter, said catheter comprising:an outer sheath, said outer sheath having a distal end adapted to be introduced into a patient and a proximal end adapted to remain exterior to a patient, said outer sheath having a plurality of individual lumens, a first catheter adapted to slidingly fit within one of said plurality of lumens in said outer sheath, said first catheter having a distal end adapted to be positioned at a predetermined site within a patient and having a proximal end, said first catheter having an inflatable balloon located at said distal end of said first catheter, a second catheter adapted to slidingly fit within one of said plurality of lumens in said outer sheath, said first catheter having a distal end adapted to be positioned at a predetermined site within a patient and having a proximal end, said second catheter having an inflatable balloon located at said distal end of said first catheter, wherein each of said first and second catheters are separately and independently manipulatable within said outer sheath to enable said distal ends of said first and second catheters to be positioned at the predetermined sites within a patient.