Forwardly directable fluid jet crossing catheter
First Claim
1. A fluid jet crossing catheter comprising an elongated flexible catheter tube attached to an operating handle, said catheter tube including a flexible, elongated tubular member having a proximal end and a distal end, said operating handle having an elongated tubular body with a proximal end and a distal end, said proximal end of said flexible, elongated tubular member being connected through the distal end of said elongated tubular body, a flexible, high pressure, elongated tube extending from within said elongated tubular body and through said flexible, elongated, tubular member, said flexible, high pressure, elongated tube having a movable tip which can be extended beyond said distal end of said flexible, elongated tubular member, said flexible, high pressure, elongated tube having a bent portion within said flexible, elongated tubular member, and said movable tip being controlled by a mechanism associated with said operating handle.
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Abstract
A forwardly directable fluid jet crossing catheter having a positionable jet body which can be longitudinally and rotationally positioned in order to direct a fluid jet stream to impinge, break through, and cross a chronic total occlusion. The distal end of the catheter includes a tip of super-elastic material having a flexible bend aligned within the distal portion of a sheath which tip is directable in response to the longitudinal and rotational orientation of a positionable jet body, whereby a fluid jet stream can be controlled in angular and rotational directions.
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- 1. A fluid jet crossing catheter comprising an elongated flexible catheter tube attached to an operating handle, said catheter tube including a flexible, elongated tubular member having a proximal end and a distal end, said operating handle having an elongated tubular body with a proximal end and a distal end, said proximal end of said flexible, elongated tubular member being connected through the distal end of said elongated tubular body, a flexible, high pressure, elongated tube extending from within said elongated tubular body and through said flexible, elongated, tubular member, said flexible, high pressure, elongated tube having a movable tip which can be extended beyond said distal end of said flexible, elongated tubular member, said flexible, high pressure, elongated tube having a bent portion within said flexible, elongated tubular member, and said movable tip being controlled by a mechanism associated with said operating handle.
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- 19. A fluid jet crossing catheter comprising an elongated flexible catheter tube attached to an operating handle, said catheter tube including a flexible, elongated, tubular member having a proximal end and a distal end, said operating handle having an elongated tubular body with a proximal end and a distal end, said elongated tubular body having a bored adapter sealed to the proximal end of said elongated tubular body and a tubular connector sealed to said bored adapter for the input of a pressurized fluid, a flexible, high pressure, elongated tube being fixed to said bored adapter and in fluid communication with said tubular connector, said flexible, high pressure, elongated tube extending from said bored adapter, through said elongated tubular body, through said distal end of said elongated tubular body and through said elongated tubular member, said flexible, high pressure, elongated tube having a movable tip at said distal end of said flexible, elongated tubular member which movable tip can be extended beyond said distal end of said flexible, elongated tubular member, said flexible, high pressure, elongated tube having a bent portion within said flexible, elongated tubular member, and said movable tip being controlled by a mechanism associated with said operating handle.
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