Catheter shaft designs

摘要

Disclosed is a balloon catheter that can comprise an elongate support member, an inflation tube, a guidewire tube and a balloon. The guidewire tube can define a guidewire port at its proximal end, and can extend from the port through an opening in a wall of the elongate support member and distally through a first lumen of the elongate support member, in some cases to the distal end of the catheter. The inflation tube can be disposed over a distal portion of the elongate support member, a portion of the guidewire tube, a portion of the inner assembly, or any combination thereof, forming a second lumen. The distal end of the balloon can be attached to the guidewire tube and the proximal end of the balloon can be attached to the inflation tube. The inside of the balloon can be in fluid communication with the first lumen and with the second lumen, allowing the balloon to be inflated and/or deflated. The elongate support member can also have cuts in it. For example, the elongate support member can have apertures formed in it, or apertures and spiral cuts.

主权项

1. A catheter comprising:
a hypotube defining a first lumen and having proximal and distal ends, and proximal, intermediate, and distal portions disposed between the proximal and distal ends; an inflation tube with distal and proximal ends, wherein the proximal end of the inflation tube is bonded to the intermediate portion of the hypotube and a portion of the inflation tube is disposed over the distal portion of the hypotube such that the portion of the inflation tube overlaps the distal portion of the hypotube, forming a second lumen therebetween; and a guidewire tube with a proximal end, a distal end, and an outer surface extending from the proximal end to the distal end, the proximal end forming a guidewire port, the guidewire tube extending through an opening in the hypotube and distally through the hypotube, forming a guidewire lumen; wherein the second lumen extends radially outward from an outer surface of the distal portion of the hypotube to an inner surface of the portion of the inflation tube overlapping the distal portion of the hypotube.