Global Patent Index - EP 1231969 A1

EP 1231969 A1 20020821 - A GUIDEWIRE POSITIONING DEVICE

Title (en)

A GUIDEWIRE POSITIONING DEVICE

Title (de)

FÜHRUNGSDRAHT-POSITIONIERUNGSVORRICHTUNG

Title (fr)

DISPOSITIF DE POSITIONNEMENT DE FIL-GUIDE

Publication

EP 1231969 A1 20020821 (EN)

Application

EP 00975025 A 20001026

Priority

  • NZ 0000210 W 20001026
  • NZ 50058299 A 19991026

Abstract (en)

[origin: WO0130433A1] A device (1) for facilitating the delivery of components along guidewires to branches of a tubular system. The device has particular application for the percutaneous treatment of vascular and non-vascular disease, and more specifically for balloon angioplasty or the deployment of stents. The device includes a shaft (3) and two or more guidewire lumina (4, 5) interconnected to and parallel to one another, each lumen having an open distal end and an open proximal end on the shaft (3). In a preferred form the device includes a manipulation aid (2) at a proximal end of the shaft (3) which can engage one of the guidewires (6), and which facilitates rotation of the device. The invention also includes a method of positioning guidewires for the subsequent delivery of components such as stents to lesions at a bifurcation, using the guidewire positioning device.

IPC 1-7

A61M 25/00

IPC 8 full level

A61M 25/01 (2006.01); A61M 25/09 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

A61M 25/013 (2013.01); A61M 25/09 (2013.01); A61M 2025/09116 (2013.01)

Citation (search report)

See references of WO 0130433A1

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE

DOCDB simple family (publication)

WO 0130433 A1 20010503; AU 1313301 A 20010508; EP 1231969 A1 20020821

DOCDB simple family (application)

NZ 0000210 W 20001026; AU 1313301 A 20001026; EP 00975025 A 20001026