APPARATUS FOR TREATING A CAROTID ARTERY

摘要

One disclosed embodiment comprises a method for treating lesions in the carotid artery of a mammalian body. The method comprises transcervical access and blocking of blood flow through the common carotid artery (312) (with or without blocking of blood flow through the external carotid artery (320)), shunting blood from the internal carotid artery (342) and treating the lesion in the carotid artery.