IMPROVED LASER-HEATED INTRAVASCULAR CAUTERY CAP

摘要

Improvements in laser-heated intravascular cautery cap construction include structures for joining the cap (162, 163, 164) and optical fiber assembly (176), and structures for guiding the assembly through a vessel. Furthermore, a catheter guide wire (174) may extend outwardly from the center of the closed end of the cap. The cap may be formed with a central bore (172) therethrough to receive a guidewire (174) in slidable fashion.