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Directly visualized method for deploying a detachable balloon at a target site in vivo

  • US 5,411,475 A
  • Filed: 04/28/1993
  • Issued: 05/02/1995
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/24/1991
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A directly, visualized method for deploying a detachable balloon to a target site in vivo, comprising:

  • providing a scope for directly visualizing a target site in vivo, the scope comprising a sheath a viewing means for viewing the target site and a positioning element extending longitudinally through the sheath;

    passing an uninflated, detachable balloon attached to a catheter through a lumen of a positioning element of the scope to a target site in vivo; and

    inflating and detaching the balloon at the target site in vivo while directly visualizing the detachment of the balloon and/or the effects of the detached balloon on the target site in vivo.

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