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Granted Patent B2
US 12,564,404 · App. 17/349,209 · Granted Mar 3, 2026

Crossing occlusions in blood vessels

Inventors: Chad J. Kugler (Buffalo, MN); Matthew J. Olson (Grafton, ND); Ross A. Olson (Anoka, MN); David B. Robinson (Independence, MN); Peter Alan Jacobs (Minneapolis, MN)
Assignee: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
A61B17/11A61B17/3478A61B2017/00252A61B2017/00336A61B2017/00438A61B2017/00778A61B2017/1107A61B2017/22044A61B2017/22048A61B2017/22094A61B2017/22095A61B17/320758A61B90/39A61M25/007A61M2025/0096A61M2025/0197A61M25/1002A61M25/1011
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Patent No.
US 12,564,404
App. No.
17/349,209
Granted
Mar 3, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure is directed a method of facilitating treatment via a vascular wall defining a vascular lumen containing an occlusion therein. The method may include providing a first intravascular device having a distal portion and at least one aperture and positioning the distal portion of the first intravascular device in the vascular wall. The method may further include providing a reentry device having a body and a distal tip, the distal tip having a natural state and a compressed state and inserting the distal tip, in the compressed state, in the distal portion of the first intravascular device. The method may further include advancing the distal tip, in the natural state, through the at least one aperture of the first intravascular device.

Claims (44)

1 . An apparatus for vascular treatment, comprising:

a shaft having a proximal portion and a distal portion, the distal portion defining a central longitudinal axis;

a lumen extending longitudinally through the shaft, the lumen being configured to slidably receive a reentry device; and

an expandable orienting element secured to the distal portion of the shaft;

wherein the distal portion of the shaft includes:

a first aperture extending through a wall of the shaft, the first aperture being configured to allow the reentry device to at least partially exit the lumen in a first direction away from the central longitudinal axis;

a second aperture extending through the wall of the shaft, the second aperture being configured to allow the reentry device to at least partially exit the lumen in a second direction away from the central longitudinal axis, wherein the second direction is different from the first direction;

wherein the first direction and the second direction are both disposed within a first plane containing the central longitudinal axis;

wherein the first aperture is disposed between a proximal end of the expandable orienting element and a distal end of the expandable orienting element;

wherein the first aperture is disposed laterally of the expandable orienting element with respect to the central longitudinal axis;

wherein the lumen is a guidewire lumen extending through a distal tip of the shaft along the central longitudinal axis.

2 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the second aperture is disposed on an opposite side of the shaft from the first aperture.

3 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the second aperture is disposed between a proximal end of the expandable orienting element and a distal end of the expandable orienting element.

4 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first aperture is longitudinally offset from the second aperture.

5 . The apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising a first radiopaque marker and a second radiopaque marker longitudinally offset from the first radiopaque marker.

6 . The apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the first radiopaque marker is disposed longitudinally between the first aperture and the second aperture.

7 . The apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the second radiopaque marker is disposed distal of the second aperture.

8 . The apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the first radiopaque marker is disposed between a proximal end of the expandable orienting element and a distal end of the expandable orienting element.

9 . The apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the second radiopaque marker is disposed distal of a distal end of the expandable orienting element.

10 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the expandable orienting element includes a first balloon and a second balloon disposed opposite the first balloon relative to the central longitudinal axis.

11 . The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the first balloon extends in a third direction away from the central longitudinal axis and the second balloon extends in a fourth direction away from the central longitudinal axis different from the third direction;

wherein the third and fourth directions are generally perpendicular to the first plane.

12 . The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the shaft includes:

a first planetary lumen extending within the wall of the shaft, the first planetary lumen being in fluid communication with the first balloon; and

a second planetary lumen extending within the wall of the shaft, the second planetary lumen being in fluid communication with the second balloon.

13 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the expandable orienting element is monolithically formed with the shaft.

14 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the expandable orienting element is formed from an extruded portion of the wall of the shaft.

15 . An apparatus for vascular treatment, comprising:

an orienting device including:

a shaft having a proximal portion and a distal portion, the distal portion defining a central longitudinal axis;

a lumen extending longitudinally through the shaft; and

an expandable orienting element secured to the distal portion of the shaft, the expandable orienting element including a first balloon and a second balloon; and

a reentry device movably disposed within the lumen, the reentry device including a body portion self-biased toward a bent configuration;

wherein the body portion of the reentry device includes a bend near a distal end of the reentry device in the bent configuration;

wherein the distal portion of the shaft includes:

a first aperture extending through a wall of the shaft, the first aperture being configured to allow the distal end of the reentry device to at least partially exit the lumen in a first direction away from the central longitudinal axis;

a second aperture extending through the wall of the shaft, the second aperture being configured to allow the distal end the reentry device to at least partially exit the lumen in a second direction away from the central longitudinal axis, wherein the second direction is different from the first direction;

wherein the first direction and the second direction are both disposed within a first plane containing the central longitudinal axis;

wherein the first aperture is disposed between a proximal end of the expandable orienting element and a distal end of the expandable orienting element;

wherein the first aperture is disposed laterally between the first balloon and the second balloon;

wherein the lumen is a guidewire lumen extending through a distal tip of the shaft across the central longitudinal axis.

16 . The apparatus of claim 15 , wherein the bend forms an angle between about 120 degrees and about 150 degrees.

17 . The apparatus of claim 15 , wherein the reentry device is rotatable within the lumen of the shaft.

18 . The apparatus of claim 15 , wherein the reentry device includes a radiopaque material.

Assignments (1)
NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT Recorded Mar 22, 2022
From: BRIDGEPOINT MEDICAL, INC.
To: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
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Continuity (5)
Continuation 15848892 · Dec 20, 2017
Continuation 13470854 · May 14, 2012
Continuation 12320792 · Feb 4, 2009
Provisional Application 61063756 · Feb 5, 2008
Related Publication 20210307752A1 · Oct 7, 2021
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