Balloon catheter and multi-guidewire stent for implanting in the region of branched vessels
US6048361A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | May 14, 1998 |
| Grant date | Apr 11, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 14, 2018 |
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- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61F2002/91558
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A device for implanting into a body vessel in the region of a vessel branching has a radially expandable stent formed as a hollow cylindrical element and provided with an increased radial opening, and a balloon catheter on which the stent is pre-mounted for implanting in the vessel, the balloon catheter having a hollow chamber for passage of a guiding wire so that it exits in a center of the increased opening from the hollow chamber and the stent.
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