Percutaneous catheter and guidewire having filter and medical device deployment capabilities

• US 6,964,673 B2
• Filed: 03/26/2003
• Issued: 11/15/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 05/08/1997
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed (Boston Scientific Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Scimed Life Systems Incorporated (Boston Scientific Corporation)
• Inventors: Tsugita, Ross S., Maahs, Tracy D., Jang, Yue-Teh
• Primary Examiner(s): TRUONG, KEVIN THAO
• Application Number:
  US10/400,003
• Publication Number:
  US 20030187475A1
• Time in Patent Office: 965 Days
• Field of Search: 606/200, 606/113, 606/114, 606/127, 606/159
• US Class Current: 606/200
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2017/320716 comprising means for preventing embolism by dislodged material
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2/011 Instruments for their placement or removal
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2/013 Distal protection devices, i.e. devices placed distally in combination with another endovascular procedure, e.g. angioplasty or stenting
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2/82 Devices providing patency to, or preventing collapsing of, tubular structures of the body, e.g. stents stent-grafts for tubular structures of the body other than blood vessels A61F2/04; stent-grafts for blood vessels A61F2/07; instruments specially adapted for placement or removal of stents or stent-grafts A61F2/95; for closing wounds, or holding wounds closed A61B17/04 - A61B17/115; dilators A61M29/00
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2/95 Instruments specially adapted for placement or removal of stents or stent-grafts
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2002/018 made from tubes or sheets of material, e.g. by etching or laser-cutting
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2230/0006 circular
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2230/005 Rosette-shaped, e.g. star-shaped
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2230/0067 conical
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2230/0071 spherical
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2230/0076 ellipsoidal or ovoid
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2230/008 paraboloidal
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2250/0003 having an inflatable pocket filled with fluid, e.g. liquid or gas

Abstract

The invention provides a nested tubing cannula which comprises outer and inner elongate tubular members, both having a proximal end, a distal end, and a lumen therebetween. The inner tubular member is sealed at its distal end and is nested substantially coaxially within the lumen of the outer tubular member, so that the gap between the inner and the outer tubular member defines a second lumen whereas the first lumen is the lumen of the inner tubular member. A tubular sleeve is disposed coaxially between the inner and outer tubular members. A balloon is mounted on a distal region of the outer tubular member and is in communication with the first lumen. The cannula further comprises a port proximal or distal the balloon occluder and is in communication with the second lumen. Methods for making the devices herein are disclosed.

Claims

1. A distal protection device, comprising;

a filtering portion operable between a filtering state and a compact state;

an elongate element having a proximal end, a distal end and a longitudinal outer surface, the distal end attached to the filtering portion;

a mandrel operably connected to a distal end of the filtering portion and at least partially disposed within the outer surface of the elongate element, and a controller portion moving the filtering portion between the filtering state and the compact state,

wherein the filtering portion comprises a plurality of struts having a mesh disposed thereon, the struts having a proximal end, a distal end, and a distal region, the distal region of the struts being attached to the mesh and the struts extending proximally from the mesh to attach to the distal end of the elongate element,

wherein each strut further comprises a notch between the proximal and distal ends located such that the strut bends outward when longitudinally compressed.

2. The device of claim 1 wherein

the mandrel is connected to the distal end of the plurality of struts, and

wherein moving the mandrel proximal relative to the elongate member moves the filtering portion to the filtering state and moving the mandrel distal relative to the elongate member moves the filtering portion to the compact state.

3. The device of claim 1 wherein the proximate edge of the mesh is proximate the notch.

4. The device of claim 1, wherein the mandrel further comprises a locking region and the elongate member comprises a lumen between the proximal end and the distal end and a locking region corresponding to the locking region of the mandrel, such that when the mandrel is moved proximate relative to the elongate member, the mandrel locks in position.

5. The device of claim 4, wherein the locking region of the mandrel is a bulge and the locking region of the elongate member is a recess.

6. The device of claim 5, wherein when the bulge and recess are proximate, the filtering portion is in the filtering state.