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Deflector guiding catheter

  • US 4,774,949 A
  • Filed: 06/14/1983
  • Issued: 10/04/1988
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/14/1983
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A deflector guiding catheter adapted to guide guide wires and other catheters through tortuous conduits and deflectingly transfer them laterally from the conduits, said catheter comprising:

  • an elongated flexible tubular body member proportioned for passage through a tortuous conduit, said body member being sufficiently pliable to bend and conform to the shape of the conduit;

    guide wire and catheter accommodation and movement-guiding means embodied in said body member, said means comprising a lumen having major and minor portions, the major portion extending longitudinally along said body member for the greater portion of the length thereof, the minor portion being at the distal end portion of said body member, being smoothly curved outwardly from said major portion, and terminating in an angularly directed outlet port.

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