Patent ID: 8430845

Claim:
An embolic protection system for treating a lesion in a blood vessel, comprising: a guide catheter having a proximal end, a distal end, and a lumen therebetween; a two-lumen tube having a proximal end, a distal end, an evacuation lumen having open proximal and distal ends, and an inflation lumen having an open proximal end, the two-lumen tube separately insertable through the proximal end of the guide catheter and configured to move within the lumen of the guide catheter, the evacuation lumen positionable to be in fluid communication with a bloodstream, a distal surface of the two-lumen tube tapered to form a soft tip; a sealing surface positioned at the distal end of the two-lumen tube and in fluid communication with the inflation lumen; and an interventional device adapted to be disposed and movable within the evacuation lumen.