WO2004096339A1 - Catheter a ballonnet coaxial comprenant un ballonnet fixe au tube externe - Google Patents

Catheter a ballonnet coaxial comprenant un ballonnet fixe au tube externe Download PDF

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WO2004096339A1
WO2004096339A1 PCT/US2003/012905 US0312905W WO2004096339A1 WO 2004096339 A1 WO2004096339 A1 WO 2004096339A1 US 0312905 W US0312905 W US 0312905W WO 2004096339 A1 WO2004096339 A1 WO 2004096339A1
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61M—DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY; DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY; DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR
    • A61M25/00—Catheters; Hollow probes
    • A61M25/10—Balloon catheters
    • A61M25/104—Balloon catheters used for angioplasty
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61F—FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS
    • A61F2/00—Filters implantable into blood vessels; Prostheses, i.e. artificial substitutes or replacements for parts of the body; Appliances for connecting them with the body; Devices providing patency to, or preventing collapsing of, tubular structures of the body, e.g. stents
    • A61F2/95—Instruments specially adapted for placement or removal of stents or stent-grafts
    • A61F2/958—Inflatable balloons for placing stents or stent-grafts
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61M—DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY; DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY; DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR
    • A61M25/00—Catheters; Hollow probes
    • A61M2025/0004—Catheters; Hollow probes having two or more concentrically arranged tubes for forming a concentric catheter system
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61M—DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY; DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY; DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR
    • A61M25/00—Catheters; Hollow probes
    • A61M25/0009—Making of catheters or other medical or surgical tubes
    • A61M25/0014—Connecting a tube to a hub
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61M—DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY; DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY; DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR
    • A61M25/00—Catheters; Hollow probes
    • A61M25/01—Introducing, guiding, advancing, emplacing or holding catheters
    • A61M25/0105—Steering means as part of the catheter or advancing means; Markers for positioning
    • A61M25/0108—Steering means as part of the catheter or advancing means; Markers for positioning using radio-opaque or ultrasound markers
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61M—DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY; DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY; DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR
    • A61M25/00—Catheters; Hollow probes
    • A61M25/10—Balloon catheters
    • A61M25/1027—Making of balloon catheters
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61M—DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY; DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY; DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR
    • A61M25/00—Catheters; Hollow probes
    • A61M25/10—Balloon catheters
    • A61M25/1027—Making of balloon catheters
    • A61M25/1034—Joining of shaft and balloon

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  • This invention relates generally to catheters, and more particularly to a coaxial balloon catheter arrangement.
  • Various forms of balloon catheters are used in medical procedures that could use additional improvements in terms of cross-sectional area, inflation/deflation times and columnar strength.
  • Such medical procedures could include percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTC A) and endovascular exclusion of abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) using a stent-graft deployment system.
  • PTC A percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty
  • AAA abdominal aortic aneurysm
  • PTCA is a procedure by which a balloon catheter is inserted into and manipulated within a patient's coronary arteries to unblock an obstruction (or a stenosis) in the artery.
  • the catheter is about 150 cm long and is inserted percutaneously into the patient's femoral artery in the region of the groin. The catheter then is advanced upwardly through the patient's arteries to the heart where, with the aid of a guidewire, the catheter is guided into the coronary artery where it can be controlled to perform the angioplasty procedure.
  • the c atheter has two lumens.
  • One lumen, for inflation and deflation of the balloon extends from a fitting at the proximal end of the catheter and opens distally into the interior of the balloon.
  • the balloon is inflated with a liquid and is deflated by aspirating the liquid from the balloon through the inflation/deflation lumen.
  • the second lumen extends from another fitting at the proximal end of the catheter through the catheter and is open at the distal tip of the catheter shaft.
  • the second lumen is adapted to receive a guidewire, such as the steerable small diameter type of guidewire.
  • the guidewire is preliminarily loaded into the catheter and the assembly is inserted into a previously percutaneously placed guide catheter that extends to the region of the patient's heart and terminates at the entrance to the coronary arteries.
  • the assembly of the balloon angioplasty catheter and the steerable guidewire is advanced through the guide catheter to the entrance to the coronary arteries.
  • the guidewire then is projected into the coronary arteries and is steered by manipulation from its proximal end, while being observed under a fluoroscope, until the guidewire passes through the stenosis in the artery.
  • the balloon dilatation catheter is advanced over the guidewire, being thus guided directly to the stenosis so as to place the balloon within the stenosis. Once so placed, the balloon is inflated under substantial pressure to dilate the stenosis.
  • a balloon catheter could be used to appropriately seat the graft in a target area.
  • stents, and stent-grafts for treatment or isolation of vascular aneurysms and vessel walls which have been thinned or thickened by disease (endoluminal repair or exclusion) are well known.
  • Many stents and stent-grafts are "self-expanding", i.e., inserted into the vascular system in a compressed or contracted state, and permitted to expand upon removal of a restraint.
  • Self-expanding stents typically employ a wire of suitable material, such as a stainless steel, configured (e.g.
  • the stent is typically of a tubular configuration of a slightly greater diameter than the diameter of the blood vessel in which the stent is intended to be used.
  • the stent is preferably treated to enable it to "remember" its initial configuration.
  • stents and stent-grafts are preferably deployed through a minimally invasive percutaneous intraluminal delivery as described with respect to the PTCA catheter. The stent-graft is routed through the vascular lumen to the site where the prosthesis is to be deployed.
  • Intraluminal deployment is typically effected using a delivery catheter with coaxial inner (plunger) and outer (sheath) tubes arranged for relative axial movement.
  • the stent to be deployed is compressed and disposed within the distal end of an outer catheter tube in front of an inner tube.
  • the catheter is then maneuvered, typically routed though a lumen (e.g., vessel), until the end of the catheter (and the stent or stent- graft) is positioned in the vicinity of the intended treatment site.
  • the inner tube is then held stationary when t he outer t ube o f the d elivery c atheter i s w ithdrawn.
  • T he i nner tube prevents the stent-graft from being withdrawn with the outer tube, so that, as the outer tube is withdrawn, the stent radially expands into a substantially conforming surface in contact with the interior of the lumen e.g., blood vessel wall.
  • a balloon on a balloon catheter can be used to appropriately seat the stent-graft to the blood vessel wall or walls.
  • Multi-lumen (non-coaxial or side by side) catheters will usually have poorer performance in providing control as described above in comparison to comparable coaxial catheters, particularly in terms of reduced cross-sectional area and inflation/deflation times. Furthermore, multi- lumen catheters have guidewire lumens that are offset by the inflation lumens.
  • the anatomy of coronary arteries varies widely from patient to patient. Often a patient's coronary arteries are irregularly shaped and highly tortuous. The tortuous configuration of the arteries may present difficulties to the physician in properly placing the guidewire and then advancing the catheter over the guidewire or seating a stent or stent- graft. A highly tortuous coronary anatomy typically will present considerable resistance to advancement of the catheter over the guidewire. With some types of catheter construction, the increased resistance may cause a tendency for portions of the catheter to collapse or buckle axially.
  • a balloon catheter that overcomes the detriments described above and provides for reduced inflation/deflation times and increased control.
  • a coaxial balloon catheter in a first aspect according to the present invention, includes an elongated inner body, an elongated outer body residing on the exterior of the elongated inner body, and a balloon having a distal end attached to a first portion of the elongated outer body. A proximal end is attached to a second portion of the elongated outer body.
  • a balloon dilatation catheter in a second aspect according to the present invention, includes an elongate, flexible catheter shaft including a two tube, two lumen configuration. The shaft having a proximal region, a proximal end and a distal end.
  • the shaft is formed from an inner tube defining a guidewire lumen therethrough, and a surrounding outer tube coaxial with the inner tube and defining an annular inflation lumen therebetween.
  • the inner tube being of smaller diameter than the outer tube and having a distal end region extending distally of the distal end of the outer tube.
  • the balloon dilatation catheter further includes an inflatable dilatation balloon having a proximal end and a distal end. The proximal end of the balloon being attached to a first distal region of the outer tube. The distal end of the balloon being attached to a second distal region of the outer tube at a distal connection. The distal end is connected to means for communicating the annular inflation lumen with the interior of the balloon to facilitate inflation and deflation of the balloon.
  • a method of manufacturing a coaxial balloon catheter includes the steps of (1) inserting an elongated inner body coaxially within an elongated outer body, (2) forming at least one aperture on the elongated outer body to serve as an inflation port, (3) attaching a distal end of a balloon adjacent to a distal region of the elongated outer body, (4) attaching the distal region of the elongated outer body to an outer portion of the elongated inner body, and (5) attaching a proximal end of the balloon on a portion of the elongated outer body, wherein the balloon covers the at least one aperture.
  • FIG. 1 is an illustration of a c atheter of the type with which an embodiment according to the invention can be deployed.
  • FIG.2 is an enlarged partial cross-sectional view of a portion of an elongated inner body centered within an elongated outer body in a configuration according to the present invention.
  • FIG. 3 is another enlarged partial cross-sectional view of an internal assembly of the elongated inner body and elongated outer body of FIG. 2 showing the outer body attached to the inner body and an inflation/deflation port in the outer body, the balloon not being shown.
  • FIG. 4 is an enlarged partial cross-sectional view of a portion of the balloon catheter having both proximal and distal ends of a balloon attached to the outer body in accordance with the present invention.
  • FIG. 5 is an alternative embodiment of FIG. 4.
  • FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view taken at 6-6 of FIG.2 illustrating the construction and configuration of the inner and outer tubes of the catheter.
  • FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view taken at 7-7 of FIG.4 illustrating the construction and configuration of the balloon and the inner and outer tubes of the catheter.
  • the catheter 50 includes a distal assembly 10 of the catheter.
  • the catheter 50 has a proximal end 11 and a distal end 19.
  • a dilatation balloon 20 is mounted near the distal end of the assembly 10.
  • the assembly 10 includes a pair of coaxial tubes 14,16 illustrated partly in enlarged detail in FIGs.2-6.
  • FIGs.2-6 further illustrate aprocess to manufacture a catheter in accordance with the present invention, as will be further discussed below.
  • the coaxial tubes include an inner tube 14 and an outer tube 16.
  • the tubes 14, 16 may be polyethylene, with the inner tube, for example, being a high density polyethylene and the outer tube being a linear low density polyethylene.
  • the outer and inner tubes can be formed of any known material suitable for similar medical devices including such materials as polyamide, polyurethane, polyester, peek, nylon, and polyethylene or any combination thereof.
  • the outer tube 16 can be formed of an outer layer 51 of polyamide or polyurethane and an inner layer 52 (of the outer tube 16) can be formed of nylon material, wherein the polyamide would provide better bonding characteristics with other plastics (such as with the balloon 20) and the inner layer would provide added columnar strength.
  • the catheter may be approximately 110cm to 155 cm long depending on the specific application.
  • the inner tube may have an outside diameter of about 0.054" and an inside diameter of 0.042", the wall thickness being approximately 0.006".
  • the outer tube 16 may have an outside diameter of about 0.106" and an inside diameter of the order of 0.084" with a wall thickness of about approximately 0.011".
  • the inner tube 14 defines an inner lumen 23 adapted to receive a guidewire 12 (FIG. 1 ) with the roximal and distal ends of the guidewire 12 extending beyond the proximal and distal ends of the catheter 50.
  • the inner tube 14 extends fully to the distal tip 13 (see FIG. 2) of the catheter.
  • An annular inflation lumen 17 is defined between the inner tube 14 and the outer tube 16.
  • the proximal end 11 of the catheter is provided with a Y-fitting 26 which may be molded from an appropriate plastic and to which is connected a pair of proximal tubes 28, 30 as known in the art.
  • the Y-fitting 26 is formed so that the proximal tube 28 is in communication with the guidewire lumen 23 in the inner tube 14 and the proximal tube 30 is in communication with the annular inflation lumen 17.
  • Each of the proximal tubes 28, 30 is provided with a fitting at their respective proximal ends by which a guidewire or appropriate fluid handling devices such as syringes, inflation devices or the like may be connected.
  • the guidewire lumen 23 extends from the proximal end 11 to the distal end 19 of the catheter and terminates in an outlet opening 13.
  • the guidewire 12, which is much longer than the c atheter may have the c atheter passed over the guidewire 12 via the guidewire lumen 23 and may exit from the outlet tip 13, with the proximal end of the guidewire 12 protruding proximally from the proximal tube 28.
  • the guidewire may be manipulated from its proximal end and may be steered through the coronary anatomy to the branch of the coronary arteries where the stenosis or aneurysm is located.
  • the outer tube 16 extends from the Y-fitting 26 to a location short of the end of the inner tube 14 and extends beyond the balloon 20. It should be understood that even though the outer tube extends beyond the balloon 20, a bond or seal 25 between the outer tube 16 and the inner tube 14 to form the end seal for the balloon inflation lumen 17 could be located within or beyond the balloon 20 at a location that does not necessarily correspond to the distal end of the outer tube 16.
  • the distal end 15 of the outer tube 16 is securely attached or anchored (preferably bonded, fused or sealed) to the inner tube 14 at a location adjacent to the distal end of the balloon 20.
  • the outer tube 16 and the inner tube 14 maybe secured to each other by an appropriate adhesive (e.g., ultraviolet cured urethane adhesives, cyanoacrylate, epoxy) or by heat bonding or fusing the inner and outer tubes together.
  • FIG. 4 shows the bond 25 between the outer tube 16 and the inner tube 14 just beyond the distal end of the balloon 20.
  • Alternative embodiment (FIG.) 5 shows the bond 35 between the outer tube 16 and the inner tube 14 between the proximal and distal ends of the balloon 20, but note that outer tube continues past the bond and beyond the end of the balloon 20.
  • At least one aperture 18 is formed in the outer tube 16 within the proximal and distal seal limits of the balloon 20 to provide a passage between the inflation lumen 17 and the interior of the balloon so as to permit inflation and deflation of the balloon with an appropriate liquid such as saline, or contrast, or others as will be familiar to those skilled in the art.
  • a first portion or a first distal region of the outer tube 16 is preferably coupled (adhesively attached, bonded, fused, sealed, or otherwise) to a proximal neck 21 of the balloon 20.
  • the distal end of the balloon is provided with a cylindrical distal neck 22 which is coupled (once again adhesively attached, bonded, fused, sealed or otherwise) a second portion or a second distal region of the outer tube 16.
  • the balloon typically could include proximal and distal cone sections and a central cylindrical section, as will be appreciated by those skilled in the art.
  • the balloon may be formed from a suitable material such as polyethylene terephthalate. It may be made in a manner described in U.S. Pat. No. 4,490,421 (Levy) .
  • the balloon may be adhesively attached to the two portions of the outer tube by suitable adhesive such as an ultraviolet cured urethane adhesive.
  • the catheter may be provided with a small band 24 of highly radiopaque material such as gold, about the inner tube 14 or the outer tube 16 (as shown) within the region of the balloon in order to render the balloon region of the catheter visible under fluoroscopy.
  • the marker band 24 may be approximately 1 mm long and may have a wall thickness of about 0.002". It is retained in place on the inner or outer tube by a heat shrunk encapsulating tube of an appropriate plastic, such as a linear low polyethylene material.
  • the physician will then advance the catheter over and axially along the guidewire.
  • the coronary anatomy present resistance, as by presenting a narrow difficult stenosis and/or tortuous path
  • the increased column strength resulting from anchoring and preferably bonding or fusing the distal end of the outer tube 16 to the inner tube 14 will increase the pushability of the catheter.
  • the axial force applied to both the inner and outer tubes is available to push the catheter through the tortuous anatomy and/or the balloon through the difficult stenosis.
  • the tendency of the inner tube to telescope, buckle or collapse is avoided. Because the balloon is bonded only to the outer tube 16, the axial distance between the ends of the balloon is maintained and the balloon will not bunch up as it is pushed through a tight stenosis.
  • FIG. 2 an elongated inner tube 14 is coaxially inserted within an elongated outer tube 16.
  • at least one aperture 18 is formed on the elongated outer body to serve as an inflation or deflation port.
  • a cut-out portion of the elongated outer body provides the port.
  • the elongated outer body is fused or bonded to the outer portion of the elongated inner body.
  • the bond or fusing of the outer body 14 to the inner body can be located along the catheter between the proximal and distal ends of the balloon as shown in FIG. 5 or beyond the distal end of the balloon as shown in FIG. 4.
  • the distal end of a balloon is fused or bonded adjacent to the distal end of the elongated outer body and the proximal end of the balloon is fused or bonded on a portion of the elongated outer body, wherein the balloon encloses the aperture.
  • the method could also include the step of placing radiopaque marker bands 24 (as shown) adjacent to the proximal and distal ends of the balloon. These marker bands could be on either the inner or outer bodies within the balloon.
  • the invention thus provides an improved coaxial catheter construction for a catheter by which the column strength and resistance to telescopic buckling of the catheter, and particularly, of the inner tube and balloon of a coaxial catheter, is improved. The resulting catheter has increased pushability.
  • Additional benefits include reduced inflation/deflation times with a coaxial design giving a centered guidewire lumen providing additional control and placement accuracy for the operating physician.
  • the coaxial design can further be arranged and constructed to have a reduced cross-sectional area (relative to non-coaxial designs) that further minimizes trauma during catheterization.
  • FIG. 5 an alternative embodiment of FIG.4 is shown. Similar to the embodiment of FIG.4, the portion of the balloon catheter shown includes a distal end 15 of an outer tube 16 that is securely attached or anchored (preferably bonded, fused or sealed) to an inner tube 14 at a location adjacent to the distal end of the balloon 20.
  • the outer tube 16 and the inner tube 14 may be secured to each other as previously described with regard to the embodiment of FIG.4.
  • FIG. 5 illustrates a bond 35 between the outer tube 16 and the inner tube 14 between the proximal and distal ends of a balloon 20, but note that outer tube continues past the bond and beyond the end of the balloon 20.
  • FIG. 6 a cross-sectional view taken at 6-6 of FIG.
  • FIG. 6 illustrates the annular inflation lumen 17 defined by the volume between the inner tube 14 and the outer tube 16 as well as the guidewire lumen defined by the volume within inner tube 14.
  • the outer tube 16 can be formed of an outer layer 51 of polyamide or polyurethane and an inner layer 52 (of the outer tube 16) can be formed of nylon material, wherein the polyamide would provide better bonding characteristics with other plastics
  • FIG. 7 a cross-sectional view taken at 7-7 of FIG. 4 illustrates the construction and configuration of the balloon 20 and the inner and outer tubes of the catheter in further detail as previously explained above with regard to FIG. 6.
  • FIG. 7 illustrates the cross-section view of the aperture 18 formed in the outer tube 16.
  • the aperture 18 serves as the inflation/deflation port for inflating or deflating the balloon 20 via inflation lumen 17.

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L'invention concerne un cathéter (50) à ballonnet coaxial comprenant un tube interne allongé (14), un tube externe allongé (16) se trouvant sur l'intérieur du tube interne allongé, et un ballonnet (20) ayant une extrémité distale fixée à une première partie du tube externe allongé et une extrémité proximale (21) fixée à une seconde partie du tube externe allongé. Cet agencement permet d'éviter le flambement télescopique du ballonnet lorsqu'il est poussé à travers un passage étroit.
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