Multi-purpose balloon catheter

• US 5,728,068 A
• Filed: 12/28/1995
• Issued: 03/17/1998
• Est. Priority Date: 06/14/1994
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Cordis Corporation (Cardinal Health, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Cordis Corporation (Cardinal Health, Inc.)
• Inventors: Yoklavich, Margaret Frances, Weissinger, Karl Phillip, Leone, James Ernest
• Primary Examiner(s): McDermott, Corrine M.
• Assistant Examiner(s): RODRIGUEZ, CRIS LOIREN
• Application Number:
  US08/580,161
• Time in Patent Office: 810 Days
• Field of Search: 604/20, 604/21, 604/52, 604/53, 604/96-104, 604/107, 604/113, 604/114, 604/246, 606/191-197, 606/108, 607/115, 607/116, 607/120, 607/121, 607/122, 607/124, 128/656, 128/658
• US Class Current: 604/101.01
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2/958 Inflatable balloons for placing stents or stent-grafts
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2025/105 having a balloon suitable for drug delivery, e.g. by using holes for delivery, drug coating or membranes
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2025/1052 for temporarily occluding a vessel for isolating a sector
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2025/1065 having a balloon which is inversely attached to the shaft at the distal or proximal end
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 25/00 Catheters; Hollow probes dilators A61M29/00; peritoneal catheters A61M1/285; tracheal tubes A61M16/04; for drainage A61M27/00; for uterus, vagina or rectum A61M31/00 ; for measuring or testing A61B; materials for catheters A61L29/00
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 25/10 Balloon catheters A61M25/0125 takes precedence; embolectomy A61B17/22032; retractors A61B17/02; inflatable balloons for placing stents or stent-grafts A61F2/958 ; stomach balloons for treatment of obesity A61F5/0003; oesophagal tubes A61J15/00
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 25/1011 Multiple balloon catheters
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 1/30 Apparatus for iontophoresis, i.e. transfer of media in ionic state by an electromotoric force into the body, or cataphoresis

Abstract

The multi-purpose balloon catheter comprises a tubular body having a proximal end portion, a distal end portion and at least two lumens within the tubular body. The distal end portion has three spaced apart balloons thereon, the distal balloon being an occlusive balloon, the middle balloon being a stent mounting balloon and the proximal balloon being an occlusive balloon.

Claims

1. A multi-purpose balloon catheter comprising a tubular body having a proximal end portion, a distal end portion, and at least two lumens within said tubular body, said distal end portion having three spaced apart balloons thereon, said balloons being positioned proximal, middle, and distal relative to each other, the distal balloon being an occlusive balloon, the middle balloon being a stent mounting balloon having a stent mounted thereon, and the proximal balloon being an occlusive balloon, one of said lumens communicating with said middle balloon, said tubular body defining at least one proximal perfusion port located proximally of said proximal balloon and at least one distal perfusion port located distally of said proximal perfusion port, the other of said lumens communicating between said proximal and distal perfusion ports.

2. The multi-purpose balloon catheter of claim 1, further comprising a third lumen defined by said tubular member that communicates with said proximal and distal balloons.

3. The multi-purpose balloon catheter of claim 1, further comprising a third and fourth lumen defined by said tubular member, the third lumen communicating with said proximal balloon and the fourth lumen communicating with said distal balloon, said distal balloon being an angioplasty balloon.

4. The multi-purpose balloon catheter of claim 1, further comprising an electrode forming stent mounted about said middle balloon and an electric wire connected to said electrode forming stent which extends through said tubular body to said proximal end portion of said tubular body.

5. The multi-purpose balloon catheter of claim 4 wherein said electrode forming stent has a microporous covering thereover to prevent shorting of said stent electrode to an interior wall of a blood vessel.

6. The multi-purpose balloon catheter of claim 4 including at least one second electrode mounted on said tubular body.

7. The multi-purpose balloon catheter of claim 6 wherein said second electrode is mounted on said tubular body proximally of said proximal balloon.

8. The multi-purpose balloon catheter of claim 6, wherein said second electrode is mounted on said tubular body distally of said distal balloon.

9. The multi-purpose balloon catheter of claim 4 wherein said proximal balloon is a drag delivery balloon having an inwardly facing surface that faces inwardly toward said tubular body and defining drug delivery outlet ports that open onto the inwardly facing surface.

10. The multi-purpose balloon catheter of claim 1 wherein said proximal balloon is also a drug delivery balloon.

11. The multi-purpose balloon catheter of claim 1 wherein said distal balloon is also an angioplasty balloon.

12. The multi-purpose balloon catheter of claim 1 wherein said distal balloon is a transparent or translucent photodynamic therapy balloon and wherein said catheter has a light delivery fiber therein extending to said photodynamic therapy balloon.

13. The multi-purpose balloon catheter of claim 1 wherein said distal balloon is a drug delivery balloon.

14. A multi-purpose balloon catheter, comprising:

a tubular catheter body having a proximal and distal end portion, said tubular body defining a first, second and third inflation lumen;

a first, second and third balloon affixed to said distal end portion of the tubular body and being longitudinally spaced from each other, said first balloon being a relatively elastic occlusive balloon positioned proximal of the second balloon, and the second balloon being a stent mounting balloon positioned proximal of the third balloon, the third balloon being a relatively inelastic angioplasty balloon;

a hub affixed to the proximal end portion of the tubular body and defining a first, second and third inflation port, wherein the first, second and third inflation lumen provide fluid communication between the first, second and third inflation port and the first, second and third balloon, respectively.

15. The multi-purpose balloon catheter of claim 14, further comprising an electrode mounted about the second balloon, and an electrically conductive wire which extends through said tubular body to said proximal end portion of said tubular body, said electrode being coupled to said wire.

16. The multi-purpose balloon catheter of claim 14, wherein said proximal balloon is a drug delivery balloon and defines at least one drag delivery outlet port.

17. A multi-purpose balloon catheter, comprising:

a tubular catheter body having a proximal and distal end portion, said tubular body defining a proximal and distal perfusion port, the tubular body further defining an inflation lumen and a perfusion lumen, the perfusion lumen providing fluid communication between the proximal and distal perfusion ports;

a first, second and third balloon affixed to said distal end portion of the tubular body and being longitudinally spaced from each other, said first balloon being an occlusive balloon positioned proximal of the second balloon, and the second balloon being a stent mounting balloon positioned proximal of the third balloon, the third balloon being an occlusive balloon;

a hub affixed to the proximal end portion of the tubular body and defining an inflation port, the inflation lumen providing fluid communication between the inflation port and the second balloon; and

a flexible stent mounted on and about said middle balloon.

18. The multi-purpose balloon catheter of claim 17, wherein said at least one proximal perfusion port is located proximally of said proximal balloon and said at least one distal perfusion port is located distal to said third balloon.

19. A multi-purpose balloon catheter, comprising a tubular body having a proximal end portion, a distal end portion, and defining at least two lumens within said tubular body, said distal end portion having three spaced apart balloons thereon, said balloons being positioned proximal, middle, and distal relative to each other, the distal balloon being an occlusive balloon, the middle balloon being a stent mounting balloon and the proximal balloon being an occlusive balloon, wherein said middle balloon has an electrode forming stent mounted thereon, and said tubular body has an electric wire connected to said electrode forming stent which extends through said tubular body to said proximal end portion, wherein said proximal balloon is a drug delivery balloon and has drug delivery outlet ports that open onto an inwardly facing surface of said proximal balloon that faces inwardly toward said tubular body.

20. A multi-purpose balloon catheter, comprising:

a tubular catheter body having a proximal and distal end portion, said tubular body defining a first, second and third inflation lumen;

a first, second and third balloon affixed to said distal end portion of the tubular body and being longitudinally spaced from each other, said first balloon being a relatively elastic occlusive balloon positioned proximal of the second balloon, and the second balloon being a stent mounting balloon positioned proximal of the third balloon, the third balloon being a transparent or translucent photodynamic therapy balloon;

wherein said first, second and third inflation lumen communicate with the first, second and third balloon, respectively; and

a light delivery fiber extending within the tubular body to said third balloon to provide light energy to the interior of the third balloon.

21. The multi-purpose balloon catheter of claim 20, further comprising at least one proximal perfusion port located proximally of said proximal balloon and at least one distal perfusion port located distally of said proximal perfusion port being defined by said tubular body, and a perfusion lumen communicating between said proximal and distal perfusion ports.