Intra-aortic balloon catheter
First Claim
1. An intra-aortic balloon catheter comprising:
- a balloon portion which is inserted into an aorta and which repeatedly expands and contracts so as to assist pumping action of the heart;
a catheter tube connected at one end to an end of the balloon portion, the catheter tube having a first lumen introducing a pressurized gas into and leading the pressurized gas out from said balloon portion, the catheter tube having a branch portion at an end thereof opposite to the end having the balloon portion; and
an inner tube having a second lumen which communicates to a blood introduction port provided at the tip of said balloon portion and extends through said balloon portion and catheter tube in the axial direction, the catheter tube being empty except for the inner tube provided therein such that the inner tube is the only structure provided within the catheter tube, and the inner tube being empty,the inner diameter and the thickness of said catheter tube being respectively from 1.5 to 4.0 mm and from 0.05 to 0.4 mm, the inner diameter and the thickness of said inner tube being respectively from 0.1 to 1.0 mm and from 0.05 to 0.4 mm,the first lumen of said catheter tube having a larger cross-sectional area than that of the second lumen,said inner tube being generally concentrically positioned within said balloon portion and being continuously affixed to the inside wall of said catheter tube from the end of the balloon portion to the branch portion of the catheter tube.
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Abstract
A balloon catheter has an inner tube communicating with a blood introduction port provided at a tip of the balloon portion. The inner tube is affixed to the inner wall of the catheter tube by adhesion, melt-bonding, or integral formation. The balloon catheter has a small channel resistance in the channel where the pressurized fluid which expands and contracts the balloon portion flows, even when the catheter tube has been bent, and enables expansion and contraction of the balloon portion with a good response. Another balloon catheter has the balloon portions at a range of the end sides of the balloon portions smaller in sectional area compared with the balloon portions at the tip sides. The catheter is able to effectively prevent side effects which occur only rarely but which are serious when they do occur. The catheter impairs as little as possible the effect of assisting the heart action inherent to the IABP method without special measurement of the diameter of the patient'"'"'s blood vessels.
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18 Claims
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1. An intra-aortic balloon catheter comprising:
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a balloon portion which is inserted into an aorta and which repeatedly expands and contracts so as to assist pumping action of the heart; a catheter tube connected at one end to an end of the balloon portion, the catheter tube having a first lumen introducing a pressurized gas into and leading the pressurized gas out from said balloon portion, the catheter tube having a branch portion at an end thereof opposite to the end having the balloon portion; and an inner tube having a second lumen which communicates to a blood introduction port provided at the tip of said balloon portion and extends through said balloon portion and catheter tube in the axial direction, the catheter tube being empty except for the inner tube provided therein such that the inner tube is the only structure provided within the catheter tube, and the inner tube being empty, the inner diameter and the thickness of said catheter tube being respectively from 1.5 to 4.0 mm and from 0.05 to 0.4 mm, the inner diameter and the thickness of said inner tube being respectively from 0.1 to 1.0 mm and from 0.05 to 0.4 mm, the first lumen of said catheter tube having a larger cross-sectional area than that of the second lumen, said inner tube being generally concentrically positioned within said balloon portion and being continuously affixed to the inside wall of said catheter tube from the end of the balloon portion to the branch portion of the catheter tube. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. An intra-aortic balloon catheter comprising:
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a balloon portion which is inserted into an aorta and which repeatedly expands and contracts so as to assist pumping action of the heart, the balloon portion having a tip and an end with a cross section of the balloon portion at the end being less than a cross section of the balloon of the tip such that a cross section of the balloon portion is non-uniform; a catheter tube connected at one end to the end of the balloon portion, the catheter tube having a first lumen introducing a pressurized gas into and leading the pressurized gas out from said balloon portion, the catheter tube having a branch portion at an end thereof opposite to the end having the balloon portion; and an inner tube having a second lumen which communicates to a blood introduction port provided at the tip of said balloon portion and extends through said balloon portion and catheter tube in the axial direction, the catheter tube being empty except for the inner tube provided therein such that the inner tube is the only structure provided within the catheter tube, and the inner tube being empty, the inner diameter and the thickness of said catheter tube being respectively from 1.5 to 4.0 mm and from 0.05 to 0.4 mm, the inner diameter and the thickness of said inner tube being respectively from 0.1 to 1.0 mm and from 0.05 to 0.4 mm, the first lumen of said catheter tube having a larger cross-sectional area than that of the second lumen, said inner tube being positioned substantially in a concentric manner within said balloon portion and being continuously affixed to the inside wall of said catheter tube from the end of the balloon portion to the branch portion of the catheter tube.
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18. An intra-aortic balloon catheter comprising:
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a balloon portion which is inserted into an aorta and which repeatedly expands and contracts so as to assist pumping action of the heart, said balloon portion having a tip side and an end side, the balloon portion having cross-sectional areas of the tip side and the end side of the balloon portion which differ, the balloon portion having a step portion which is a boundary portion between the tip side and the end side, the length of the tip side of the balloon portion being more than about 1/4 of a total length of the balloon portion, and the cross-sectional area of the balloon portion being smaller at the end side than the tip side; a catheter tube connected to the end side of the balloon portion, said catheter tube introducing a pressurized gas into and leading the pressurized gas out from said balloon portion; and an inner tube which communicates with a blood introduction port provided at a tip of said balloon portion and extending through said balloon portion and catheter tube in the axial direction, said catheter tube being empty except for the inner tube provided therein such that the inner tube is the only structure provided within the catheter tube, and the inner tube being empty.
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