摘要 |
This invention is a catheter system having diagnostic and/or therapeutic applications that include a receptacle (114) which has an elongate tubular shaft (115) of a substantially constant diameter that has a receptacle lumen (120) extending longitudinally therethrough from a proximal end (116) to a distal end (118), having a first diagnostic or therapeutic means mounted on the distal end (118) of the receptacle (114), and an inner catheter (100) extending through the receptacle lumen (120), having a proximal end (103) and a distal end (105), the catheter (100) and the receptacle (114) each adapted to slide longitudinally with respect to each other, the inner catheter (100) having a second diagnostic or therapeutic means mounted on the distal end (105) of the inner catheter (100). |