Dilatation catheter having a bifurcated balloon
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Jan 25, 2000
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Oct 20, 1998
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A dilatation catheter includes an inflation balloon having a bifurcated inflation profile at its distal portion. The balloon is securably attached on a guidewire, wherein the guidewire has a two-head distal region with two guidewire distal ends, a first guidewire distal end being capable of advancing into a first vessel while a second guidewire distal end being capable of advancing into a second branch vessel. The bifurcated balloon is to be inflated so that the diameters of the two stenotic vessels at the bifurcation region are enlarged simultaneously. In an alternate embodiment, a dilatation catheter comprising an inflatable bifurcated balloon, wherein a deployable bifurcated stent is wrapped around and on the bifurcated balloon of a dilatation catheter.
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