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US 12,194,259 · App. 17/689,321 · Granted Jan 14, 2025

Endovascular devices and methods for exploiting intramural space

Inventors: Chad J. Kugler (Buffalo, MN); Matthew J. Olson (Grafton, ND); Ross A. Olson (Anoka, MN); David B. Robinson (Chanhassen, MN)
Assignee: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
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Patent No.
US 12,194,259
App. No.
17/689,321
Granted
Jan 14, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure is directed to a device. The device may include a distal shaft defining a central lumen and an orienting element comprising at least one inflatable member. Wherein a first portion of the orienting element extending from the shaft in a first direction and a second portion of the orienting element extending from the shaft in a second direction. Further, wherein the second direction is substantially opposite the first direction.

Claims (44)

1. A medical apparatus for facilitating treatment via a vascular wall defining a vascular lumen containing an occlusion therein, the apparatus comprising:

an intravascular device having a distal portion, the distal portion including a tubular member defining a cylindrical wall having a guidewire lumen extending therethrough along a central longitudinal axis of the tubular member, a first aperture extending through the wall in communication with the guidewire lumen, and a second aperture extending through the wall in communication with the guidewire lumen;

wherein the first aperture and the second aperture are longitudinally spaced apart from one another;

wherein the first aperture opens in a first opening direction from the guidewire lumen; and

wherein the second aperture opens in a second opening direction from the guidewire lumen, the second opening direction being different from the first opening direction;

wherein the distal portion is configured to self-orient within the vascular wall such that the first aperture or the second aperture opens toward the vascular lumen; and

a reentry device having an elongate shaft rotatable and advanceable within the guidewire lumen of the intravascular device;

wherein the reentry device is configured to advance out of the first aperture when the first aperture opens toward the vascular lumen and the reentry device is configured to advance out the second aperture when the second aperture opens toward the vascular lumen.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first aperture is located proximal of the second aperture.

3. The apparatus of claim 2 , further including a first radiopaque marker, wherein the first radiopaque marker marks a location of the first aperture.

4. The apparatus of claim 3 , further including a second radiopaque marker, wherein the second radiopaque marker marks a location of the second aperture.

5. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the reentry device includes a bent distal tip.

6. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first opening direction is generally opposite from the second opening direction.

7. The apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the first opening direction is directed about 180 degrees from the second opening direction.

8. A medical apparatus for facilitating treatment via a vascular wall defining a vascular lumen containing an occlusion therein, the apparatus comprising:

an intravascular device having a distal portion, the distal portion including a tubular member defining a cylindrical wall having a guidewire lumen extending therethrough along a central longitudinal axis of the tubular member, a first aperture extending through the wall in communication with the guidewire lumen, and a second aperture extending through the wall in communication with the guidewire lumen;

wherein the first aperture and the second aperture are longitudinally spaced apart from one another;

wherein the first aperture opens in a first opening direction from the guidewire lumen; and

wherein the second aperture opens in a second opening direction from the guidewire lumen, the second opening direction being different from the first opening direction;

wherein the distal portion is configured to self-orient within the vascular wall such that the first aperture or the second aperture opens toward the vascular lumen; and

a reentry device having an elongate shaft rotatable and advanceable within the guidewire lumen of the intravascular device and configured to advance out through whichever of the first aperture and the second aperture opens toward the vascular lumen;

wherein the distal portion includes a first inflatable member and a second inflatable member, the first inflatable member and the second inflatable member being configured to orient the first aperture or the second aperture to face toward the vascular lumen.

9. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the first inflatable member and the second inflatable member have a folded shape prior to inflation.

10. The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the first inflatable member is folded over a first side of the intravascular device and the second inflatable member is folded over a second side of the intravascular device prior to inflation.

11. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the first inflatable member extends from the tubular member in a first direction and the second inflatable member extends from the tubular member in a second direction substantially opposite the first direction.

12. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the first opening direction and the second opening direction are generally perpendicular to the first direction and the second direction.

13. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein:

the intravascular device has a first width and a first thickness when the first and second inflatable members are in a substantially inflated state; and

the intravascular device has a second width different from the first width when the first and second inflatable members are in a substantially deflated and folded state.

14. The apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the first width is greater than the second width.

15. The apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the first width is greater than the first thickness.

16. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the first inflatable member, the second inflatable member, and the tubular member are monolithic.

17. The apparatus of claim 16 , wherein the first and second inflatable members are formed from extruded portions of the tubular member.

18. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the tubular member defines first and second planetary lumens disposed radially outward of the guidewire lumen, and the first and second inflatable members are in fluid communication with the first and secondary planetary lumens, respectively.

19. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein both the first aperture and the second aperture are disposed between a proximal end of the first inflatable member and a distal end of the first inflatable member, and wherein both the first aperture and the second aperture are disposed between a proximal end of the second inflatable member and a distal end of the second inflatable member.

20. A medical apparatus for facilitating treatment via a vascular wall defining a vascular lumen containing an occlusion therein, the apparatus comprising:

an intravascular device having a distal portion, the distal portion including a tubular member defining a cylindrical wall having a central lumen extending therethrough along a central longitudinal axis of the tubular member to a distal opening at a distal end of the tubular member, a first aperture extending through the wall in communication with the central lumen, and a second aperture extending through the wall in communication with the central lumen;

wherein the first aperture and the second aperture are longitudinally spaced apart from one another and located proximal of the distal opening;

wherein the first aperture opens in a first opening direction from the central lumen; and

wherein the second aperture opens in a second opening direction from the central lumen, the second opening direction being different from the first opening direction;

wherein the distal portion includes a first inflatable member and a second inflatable member, the first inflatable member and the second inflatable member being expandable in opposite directions from the tubular member;

wherein the first inflatable member and the second inflatable member define an orienting element configured to self-orient the intravascular device within an intravascular space of the vascular wall when the first inflatable member and the second inflatable member are in a substantially inflated state such that the first aperture or the second aperture opens toward the vascular lumen;

wherein both the first aperture and the second aperture are disposed between a proximal end of the first inflatable member and a distal end of the first inflatable member, and

wherein both the first aperture and the second aperture are disposed between a proximal end of the second inflatable member and a distal end of the second inflatable member.

Assignments (1)
NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT Recorded Mar 22, 2022
From: BRIDGEPOINT MEDICAL, INC.
To: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
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Continuity (9)
Continuation 16710312 · Dec 11, 2019
Continuation 15638235 · Jun 29, 2017
Continuation 14696928 · Apr 27, 2015
Continuation 12222737 · Aug 14, 2008
Continuation In Part PCTUS2007024209 · Nov 20, 2007
Provisional Application 60964765 · Aug 14, 2007
Provisional Application 60905849 · Mar 9, 2007
Provisional Application 60860416 · Nov 21, 2006
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