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Dual wire placement catheter

  • US 6,440,161 B1
  • Filed: 07/07/1999
  • Issued: 08/27/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/07/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of positioning a first wire through a portion of the ipsilateral iliac, across the bifurcation of the aorta and through a portion of the contralateral iliac, and a second wire through the portion of the ipsilateral iliac and into the aorta, comprising the steps of:

  • introducing a catheter through a first access site and into a first iliac, the catheter having at least first and second lumens;

    advancing the catheter superiorly to the bifurcation of the aorta and inferiorly down a second iliac to a second access site;

    introducing a first wire through the first lumen and between the first access site and the second access site;

    introducing a second wire through the second lumen superiorly through the ipsilateral iliac and into the aorta; and

    removing the catheter, while leaving the first and second wires in place.

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