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Catheter arrangement

  • US 20040116832A1
  • Filed: 06/19/2003
  • Published: 06/17/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/21/2002
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A catheter arrangement for invasive medical treatment for introducing and controlling a guide wire (F) in a vessel branch or vessel entry by bending the guide wire, comprised of two catheters, each having a distal end and a proximal end and a lumen, wherein the two catheters are embodied as an inner catheter (3) and an outer catheter (2) extending coaxially within one another and arranged so as to be moveable relative to one another in an axial direction, wherein the inner catheter (3) has a pre-bent distal tip (3a) of a bendable material and the outer catheter (2) has a continuous lumen (22) extending from the proximal end (20) to the distal end (21) for receiving the inner catheter (3), wherein both catheters (2, 3), at a spacing from the distal end (21), have lateral openings (23, 33) for passing the guide wire (F) therethrough.

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