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Method for inserting a balloon catheter through an endoscope

  • US 5,071,429 A
  • Filed: 08/24/1990
  • Issued: 12/10/1991
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/24/1990
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method of introducing a collapsed balloon of a balloon catheter into a body passage of a patient through an endoscope, said method comprising:

  • (a) loading into the channel of the unattached sheath of an endoscope the distal end of a catheter having a collapsed but inflatable balloon at the distal end and an elongated leg at the proximal end;

    (b) loading the elongated leg into and through a working channel in an unattached bridge of an endoscope;

    (c) joining the sheath of the endoscope to the bridge to form a unitary endoscope containing the collapsed balloon in the sheath; and

    (d) moving the collapsed balloon out of the sheath into a desired location in a body passage of a patient.

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