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Catheter system for vascular re-entry from a sub-intimal space

  • US 20060094930A1
  • Filed: 12/13/2005
  • Published: 05/04/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/05/2000
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method for accessing a true lumen of a blood vessel from a sub-intimal plane of the vessel, comprising:

  • identifying a site to enter the true lumen from a position in the sub-intimal plane distal to a chronic total occlusion (CTO);

    determining an orientation of the true lumen with respect to the sub-intimal plane at the selected site;

    physically securing tissue of the sub-intimal plane at the selected site; and

    establishing a path from the sub-intimal plane into the vessel true lumen.

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