Improved balloon catheter

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A - Human Necessities

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A61M 25/10 (2006.01)

Patent

CA 2276435

An improved balloon catheter has a catheter body with an expandable member, such as a balloon, mounted to the exterior surface thereof. Preferably, means for preventing sticking of the expandable balloon to the exterior surface of the catheter body are provided. In one aspect, the catheter has an expandable member, preferably a balloon, positioned substantially equidistant from the proximal and distal ends of the catheter body. The retention catheter is positioned externally of the heart and partially surrounds the heart so that the balloon is positioned immediately adjacent the coronary sinus and when inflated, the balloon bears against the coronary sinus and at least one of the inferior vena cava and diaphragm thereby preventing inadvertent movement or removal of the RCSP catheter from the coronary sinus.

L'invention porte sur un cathéter à ballonnet amélioré comportant un corps muni d'un élément gonflable, par exemple un ballonnet monté sur sa surface extérieure, et de préférence un moyen empêchant le ballonnet d'adhérer à la surface extérieure du cathéter. Dans une exécution, le cathéter est muni d'un élément gonflable, de préférence un ballonnet, placé sensiblement à équidistance des extrémités proximale et distale du corps du cathéter. Le cathéter de rétention placé à l'extérieur du coeur l'entoure en partie, ce qui permet de positionner le ballonnet au voisinage immédiat du sinus coronaire. Lorsqu'il est gonflé, le ballonnet porte sur le sinus coronaire et sur une partie de la veine cave et du diaphragme, ce qui prévient les mouvements inadvertants ou le retrait du cathéter du sinus coronarien.

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