Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Apparatus for performing diagnostic and therapeutic modalities in the biliary tree
- Patent Title (中): 用于在胆道树中执行诊断和治疗方式的装置
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Application No.: US10822697Application Date: 2004-04-13
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Publication No.: US07645254B2Publication Date: 2010-01-12
- Inventor: Christopher A. Rowland , Michael G. Vergano , Bryan P. Eddy , Peter B. Cotton
- Applicant: Christopher A. Rowland , Michael G. Vergano , Bryan P. Eddy , Peter B. Cotton
- Applicant Address: US MN Maple Grove
- Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US MN Maple Grove
- Agency: Crompton, Seager & Tufte, LLC
- Main IPC: A61B17/20
- IPC: A61B17/20

Abstract:
Catheter apparatus for performing diagnostic and therapeutic modalities in the biliary tree includes a catheter with multiple lumens. A first lumen is adapted to receive a guidewire and can serve as a transport lumen for contrast agent. A second lumen carries a cutting wire for performing a sphincterotomy. A third lumen can be used as an inflation lumen for a distally located balloon. Expansion of the balloon occludes a portion of the biliary tree and allows the catheter to sweep any gallstones through the sphincter of Oddi into the duodenum.
Public/Granted literature
- US20040243056A1 Apparatus for performing diagnostic and therapeutic modalities in the biliary tree Public/Granted day:2004-12-02
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