CPC A61B 17/12136 (2013.01) [A61B 17/0057 (2013.01); A61B 17/11 (2013.01); A61B 17/12036 (2013.01); A61B 17/1204 (2013.01); A61B 17/12109 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00336 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0065 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00663 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00778 (2013.01); A61B 2017/22044 (2013.01); A61B 2017/22069 (2013.01); A61B 17/3478 (2013.01); A61B 2090/064 (2016.02); A61B 2090/3966 (2016.02); A61F 2/013 (2013.01); A61M 25/10 (2013.01)] | 5 Claims |
1. A catheter system comprising:
a guidewire; and
a puncturable balloon catheter device comprising:
a catheter which comprises an elongate flexible shaft having a proximal end portion and an opposed distal end portion with a primary lumen therethrough;
a balloon disposed about the distal end portion of the catheter;
an inflation lumen which is in fluid communication with the balloon and which extends toward the proximal end portion of the shaft of the catheter; and
a wire lumen having (i) a first opening in the interior of the balloon configured to receive or deliver the guidewire which punctures the balloon, and (ii) an opposed second opening at the proximal end portion of the catheter.
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