US 12,458,391 B2
Endovascular devices and methods
Chad J. Kugler, Buffalo, MN (US); and Robert E. Atkinson, Lake Elmo, MN (US)
Assigned to BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC., Maple Grove, MN (US)
Filed by BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC., Maple Grove, MN (US)
Filed on Oct. 17, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/488,525.
Application 18/488,525 is a continuation of application No. 17/306,420, filed on May 3, 2021, granted, now 11,826,070.
Application 17/306,420 is a continuation of application No. 16/419,574, filed on May 22, 2019, granted, now 11,020,141, issued on Jun. 1, 2021.
Application 16/419,574 is a continuation of application No. 13/079,179, filed on Apr. 4, 2011, granted, now 10,342,569, issued on Jul. 9, 2019.
Application 13/079,179 is a continuation of application No. 11/518,428, filed on Sep. 11, 2006, granted, now 7,938,819, issued on May 10, 2011.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/727,819, filed on Oct. 18, 2005.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/717,726, filed on Sep. 15, 2005.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/716,287, filed on Sep. 12, 2005.
Prior Publication US 2024/0058029 A1, Feb. 22, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61B 17/3203 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/22 (2006.01); A61B 17/221 (2006.01); A61B 17/32 (2006.01); A61B 17/3207 (2006.01); A61F 2/88 (2006.01); A61M 25/00 (2006.01); A61M 25/01 (2006.01); A61M 29/02 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/32037 (2013.01) [A61B 17/22 (2013.01); A61B 17/22031 (2013.01); A61B 17/221 (2013.01); A61F 2/88 (2013.01); A61M 29/02 (2013.01); A61B 17/00008 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00252 (2013.01); A61B 2017/22034 (2013.01); A61B 2017/22077 (2013.01); A61B 2017/22094 (2013.01); A61B 2017/22095 (2013.01); A61B 2017/320056 (2013.01); A61B 2017/320064 (2013.01); A61B 2017/320733 (2013.01); A61B 2017/320741 (2013.01); A61M 25/0026 (2013.01); A61M 2025/006 (2013.01); A61M 2025/0197 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A method of facilitating treatment of a blood vessel, comprising:
advancing a guidewire between an intimal layer and an adventitial layer of the blood vessel past an occlusion disposed within a lumen of the blood vessel;
advancing a balloon catheter over the guidewire until a balloon disposed on a distal portion of the balloon catheter is disposed distal of the occlusion between the intimal layer and the adventitial layer; and
inflating the balloon between the intimal layer and the adventitial layer to radially displace a distal end of the balloon catheter towards the lumen of the blood vessel.