US 12,233,222 B2
Upper extremity access angiographic catheter
Thomas A. Sos, New York, NY (US)
Filed by Thomas A. Sos, New York, NY (US)
Filed on May 23, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/751,060.
Application 17/751,060 is a division of application No. 17/001,950, filed on Aug. 25, 2020, granted, now 11,376,400.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/891,592, filed on Aug. 26, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0288354 A1, Sep. 15, 2022
Int. Cl. A61M 25/01 (2006.01); A61B 6/50 (2024.01); A61M 25/00 (2006.01); A61M 25/09 (2006.01)
CPC A61M 25/0133 (2013.01) [A61M 25/0045 (2013.01); A61M 25/0068 (2013.01); A61M 25/09 (2013.01); A61B 6/504 (2013.01); A61M 2210/125 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
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1. A method of accessing an ascending aorta and a descending aorta of a patient, the method comprising:
advancing a catheter through a subclavian artery so that a distal tip of the catheter is at or adjacent the ascending aorta or the descending aorta, with a distal port of the catheter oriented toward the ascending aorta or the descending aorta; and
rotating the catheter about its longitudinal axis such that the distal port of the catheter is oriented toward the other of the ascending aorta or the descending aorta.