Catheter arrangement having a blood vessel liner, and method of using it
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1. A catheter arrangement comprising:
- a main flexible tubing for insertion into a blood vessel,a resilient liner within the tubing, the liner being maintained in a radially compressed condition by the tubing and having a tendency to spring radially outwardly, and the liner being an open weave tube of criss-crossed strands, the tube being devoid of any obstruction to free passage of liquid and solids through the openings in the weave, andmeans for producing relative movement between the liner and tubing, while the tubing is located within a blood vessel, so that the liner escapes from the tubing and expands against the blood vessel wall.
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A catheter arrangement including a main tubing containing a radially expandable liner and a member for moving the liner out of the tubing while the tubing is in a blood vessel. Once out of the tubing, the liner expands radially outwardly into engagement with the blood vessel wall. The liner is a tube of woven plastic strands, and the moving member may be a secondary tube within the main tubing. The tubing or liner, or both, may carry a metal element for use as an X-ray marker. A smooth plastic nose cone is carried by the distal end of the main tubing, the nose cone being openable to permit ejection of the liner from the tubing.
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1. A catheter arrangement comprising:
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a main flexible tubing for insertion into a blood vessel, a resilient liner within the tubing, the liner being maintained in a radially compressed condition by the tubing and having a tendency to spring radially outwardly, and the liner being an open weave tube of criss-crossed strands, the tube being devoid of any obstruction to free passage of liquid and solids through the openings in the weave, and means for producing relative movement between the liner and tubing, while the tubing is located within a blood vessel, so that the liner escapes from the tubing and expands against the blood vessel wall. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method of treating an afflicted blood vessel, comprising the steps of:
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providing a resilient liner in the form of an open weave tube of criss-crossed strands, radially compressing the liner, while maintaining its criss-crossed strand structure, and introducing the compressed liner into a length of tubing, the tubing maintaining the liner in its compressed condition against the tendency of the liner to expand radially outwardly, inserting into the blood vessel the length of tubing containing the radially expandable liner, moving the tubing along the blood vessel to bring the liner adjacent to the point of afflication, ejecting the liner from the tubing so that the liner expands radially outwardly to engage the wall of the blood vessel, and leaving the liner permanently within the blood vessel.
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