GUIDING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR INSERTING AND ADVANCING CATHETERS AND GUIDEWIRES INTO A VESSEL OF A PATIENT IN ENDOVASCULAR TREATMENTS

摘要

A guiding device and method for inserting and advancing more than one catheter and/or guidewire through the vascular tree of a patient in endovascular treatments, particularly through tortuous blood vessels, the guiding device comprising an open or close guiding channel provided at a distal end of the catheter or guidewire, whereby the catheter or guidewire may be easily advanced through the vessel over a previously installed guidewire.