Patents Examined by Suzette J-J Gjherbi
  • Patent number: 7105019
    Abstract: There is disclosed a method of stent placement which comprises first guiding a guidewire through the vasculature. Second, a balloon catheter which contains two guidewire lumens is strung along the guidewire into position at the bifurcation. The distal opening of the second guidewire lumen abuts the proximal end of the bifurcation. Thereafter, a second guidewire is strung through the first balloon catheter and out the distal opening of the second guidewire lumen. Thus, resident in the second bifurcation leg is the second guidewire. Then, a second standard stent delivery balloon catheter is guided along the second guidewire to a position within the bifurcation. Typically, expansion of both stents can be done one right after the other after proper placement of the first and second balloons.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2006
    Assignee: Cordis Corporation
    Inventor: Hikmat Hojeibane