Method and apparatus for traversing blood vessels

摘要

Disclosed is a method for obtaining access to a relatively inaccessible region of a blood vessel for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes in which a primary catheter tube is inserted into the vascular system at an entry point remote from the relatively inaccessible region, the leading end of the tube is worked towards the inaccessible region in a conventional manner and then a secondary catheter tube contained within the primary tube is everted from the leading end of the primary tube to approach more closely to the required region. A catheter assembly for performing the method is also disclosed.