Patent ID: 6231563
Filing Date: 2001-05-15
Classification: A61M

Abstract:
A guidewire deflecting catheter system, comprising:a deflecting catheter defining an axis and an axially extending primary guidewire lumen;a first elongate tubular member defining a lumen separate from the primary guidewire lumen and having a flexible distal end, the first tubular member extending axially substantially along the length of the primary guidewire lumen in a first, undeflected state, the distal end of the first tubular member being relatively moveable with respect to the primary guidewire lumen so as to deflect transversely with respect to the catheter axis to a second, deflected state;a primary guidewire positioned within the primary guidewire lumen; anda deflecting guidewire relatively more flexible than the primary guidewire and sized to be positioned through the lumen of the first tubular member and be deflected through the distal end in its second, deflected state and thereby project out of the distal end transversely with respect to the catheter axis.