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METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TREATING A CAROTID ARTERY

  • US 20100191169A1
  • Filed: 04/01/2010
  • Published: 07/29/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/21/2003
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of treating a lesion in a carotid artery of a patient having an arterial blood system and a venous blood system, comprising:

  • making a transcervical incision to expose a region of a common carotid artery;

    positioning an arterial access device in the common carotid artery through the transcervical incision, wherein the arterial access device comprises a distal insertable length;

    occluding blood flow in at least a portion of the common carotid artery;

    shunting blood from the common carotid artery to the venous system of the patient via the arterial access device; and

    treating the lesion by deploying a stent on the lesion.

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