US 20100076365 A1 (2010)

Publication number: 
US20100076365 A1
Priority date: 
August 21, 2008
Publication type: 
Application
Filing date: 
June 10, 2009
Application number: 
US 12/481,776
Publication Date: 
March 25, 2010
Method and apparatus for accessing the wall of a vascular structure or other body lumen while simultaneously providing zone isolation and fluid bypass capability
US 20100076365 A1
US 20100076365 A1

Abstract:

Apparatus and method for accessing the wall of a body lumen while simultaneously providing zone isolation and fluid bypass capability, the apparatus comprising:

  • an erectable proximal isolation barrier capable of making a sealing engagement with the wall of the body lumen;
  • an erectable distal isolation barrier capable of making a sealing engagement with the wall of the body lumen;
  • a bypass channel secured to, and extending between, the proximal isolation barrier and the distal isolation barrier, the bypass channel comprising a lumen communicating with the region proximal to the proximal isolation barrier and with the region distal to the distal isolation barrier; and
  • a working catheter passing through the proximal isolation barrier and terminating short of the distal isolation barrier, the working catheter providing a central lumen for providing access to the wall of the body lumen between the proximal isolation barrier and the distal isolation barrier.

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