Bifurcated endovascular catheter
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1. An endovascular catheter system which comprises:
- a shaft formed from a flexible material suitable for insertion into a blood vessel or othersimiliar conduit;
a bifurcated shaft formed on a distal end of said shaft and having two branches that may be guided into separate vessels;
a first lumen extending through the shaft from a proximal end thereof to its distal end and through one of said bifurcated shaft branches;
a second lumen extending through the shaft from its proximal end to its distal end and through the other one of said bifurcated shaft branches;
a first guide wire inserted through the first lumen for guiding said one of the bifurcated shaft branches into one vessel branch;
a second guide wire inserted through the second lumen for guiding said other one of the bifurcated shaft branches into another vessel branch;
an endovascular device mounted on one of said bifurcated shaft branches; and
means for deploying said endovascular device.
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Abstract
An endovascular catheter for use in PTA, PTCA and other endovascular procedures has a bifurcated distal end with two branches. Each catheter branch may be guided into a separate vessel branch, and endovascular devices such as balloons, stents, stent grafts, or grafts may be precisely deployed in bifurcated vessels. Separate endovascular devices may be deployed in either vessel branch or the vessel trunk or an integral device may be simultaneously deployed in both branches and the trunk.
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1. An endovascular catheter system which comprises:
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a shaft formed from a flexible material suitable for insertion into a blood vessel or othersimiliar conduit; a bifurcated shaft formed on a distal end of said shaft and having two branches that may be guided into separate vessels; a first lumen extending through the shaft from a proximal end thereof to its distal end and through one of said bifurcated shaft branches; a second lumen extending through the shaft from its proximal end to its distal end and through the other one of said bifurcated shaft branches; a first guide wire inserted through the first lumen for guiding said one of the bifurcated shaft branches into one vessel branch; a second guide wire inserted through the second lumen for guiding said other one of the bifurcated shaft branches into another vessel branch; an endovascular device mounted on one of said bifurcated shaft branches; and means for deploying said endovascular device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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