Patent ID: 6368301
Filing Date: 2002-04-09
Classification: A61M

Abstract:
A balloon catheter having a distal end, comprising:a) an elongated catheter shaft having a proximal end, a distal end, a proximal shaft section, a distal shaft section, a guidewire receiving lumen extending along at least a distal portion of the catheter shaft to a port at the catheter distal end, and an inflation lumen; b) a tip member located at a distal end of the catheter and having a proximal end spaced distally apart from the distal end of the elongated catheter shaft and defining a gap therebetween; and c) a balloon on the distal catheter shaft section and having an inflatable interior in fluid communication with the inflation lumen, and a distal balloon shaft section having an extending portion with an interior surface extending longitudinally over the gap and defining at least in part the guidewire receiving lumen.