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Catheter apparatus and methods for treating vasculatures

  • US 7,988,646 B2
  • Filed: 06/26/2008
  • Issued: 08/02/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/26/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A catheter apparatus comprising:

  • a multi-lumen main catheter shaft;

    one or more guidewire lumen shafts extending from a distal end of the multi-lumen main catheter shaft with lumens within the one or more guidewire lumen shafts contiguous with at least one of the multi-lumens of the multi-lumen main catheter shaft;

    an expansible support structure coupled to the distal end of the multi-lumen main catheter shaft;

    one or more loops each corresponding to one of the one or more guidewire lumens, wherein the one or more loops are coupled to the expansible support structure, and wherein the one or more loops project inward toward an interior of the expansible support structure; and

    wherein the one or more guidewire lumen shafts are threaded through the corresponding one or more loops.

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