Patent ID: 6251092
Filing Date: 2001-06-26
Classification: A61M

Abstract:
A guiding catheter, comprising,a) an elongated catheter shaft having a proximal end, a distal end, a relatively stiff proximal section, a deflectable distal section with at least a length which is relatively more flexible than the relatively stiff proximal section, a longitudinal axis, and reinforcements embedded in the shaft extending from the proximal section to at least a portion of the deflectable distal section;b) a first lumen eccentric to the longitudinal axis of the shaft;c) a second lumen axially aligned with the first lumen and eccentric to the longitudinal axis;d) an elongated deflection member which has proximal and distal ends, which is disposed in the second lumen, and which has the distal end thereof secured to the shaft; ande) a soft distal tip on the distal end of the shaft, having a lumen extending therein in fluid communication with the first lumen, and having a port in a distal end of the soft distal tip.