Catheter assembly

• US 5,836,967 A
• Filed: 12/15/1997
• Issued: 11/17/1998
• Est. Priority Date: 06/23/1997
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Boston Scientific Corporation
• Original Assignee: Schneider (Europe) GmbH (Boston Scientific Corporation)
• Inventors: Schneider, Ernst
• Primary Examiner(s): Buiz, Michael Powell
• Assistant Examiner(s): NGO, LIEN M
• Application Number:
  US08/990,361
• Time in Patent Office: 337 Days
• Field of Search: 604/101, 604/96, 606/198, 606/192-197, 623/1, 623/11, 623/12
• US Class Current: 606/198
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 25/1011 Multiple balloon catheters

Abstract

A catheter assembly for the treatment of vessels carrying body fluid, comprising an inner catheter provided with a guidewire lumen for receiving a guidewire and an inflation lumen for a balloon provided at its distal end. The catheter assembly further comprises an outer catheter provided with an inflation lumen for a balloon provided at its distal end and a lumen in which the inner catheter is applied shiftable for changing the spacing of the two balloons and which features a larger cross-section than that of the inner catheter so that between the outer wall of the inner catheter and the inner wall of the outer catheter a cross-section employable as an inflation lumen exists and ports into the portion sited between the two balloons.

Claims

1. A catheter assembly for the treatment of vessels carrying body fluid, comprising:

an inner catheter provided with a guidewire lumen for receiving a guidewire and an inflation lumen for a balloon provided at its distal end, an outer catheter provided with an inflation lumen for a balloon provided at its distal end and a lumen in which the inner catheter is applied shiftable for changing the spacing of said two balloons and which features a larger cross-section than that of said inner catheter so that between the outer wall of said inner catheter and the inner wall of said outer catheter a cross-section employable as an inflation lumen exists and ports into the portion sited between said two balloons, wherein said guidewire lumen of said inner catheter is connected to said portion sited between said two balloons via ports in said catheter wall, said guidewire lumen is dimensioned cross-sectionally so that it can be used as said inflation lumen also when said guidewire is in the lying position, said guidewire is provided at its distal end with an occlusion element for closing off said port located at the distal end of said guidewire lumen.

2. The catheter assembly of claim 1 wherein one of said two balloons is configured as a dilatation balloon.

3. The catheter assembly of claim 1 wherein said balloon attached to the distal end of said inner catheter is configured as a dilatation balloon.