WO2009094041A1 - Cathéter traversant à jet de liquide dirigé vers l’avant - Google Patents

Cathéter traversant à jet de liquide dirigé vers l’avant Download PDF

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WO2009094041A1
WO2009094041A1 PCT/US2008/065729 US2008065729W WO2009094041A1 WO 2009094041 A1 WO2009094041 A1 WO 2009094041A1 US 2008065729 W US2008065729 W US 2008065729W WO 2009094041 A1 WO2009094041 A1 WO 2009094041A1
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Michael J. Bonnette
David B. Morris
Eric J. Thor
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  • the present invention relates to the field of catheters, and more particularly, relates to a forwardly directed fluid jet crossing catheter used for the purpose of crossing a Chronic Total Occlusion (CTO), whereby a moderate speed and safe velocity fluid jet stream is used to wear away arterial lesions forming a CTO and advance therethrough.
  • Chronic total occlusions are arterial lesions that have progressed to the point where there is no flow through the vessel (total occlusion).
  • it is generally considered highly difficult to cross a CTO with a standard support guidewire. In other words, if a total occlusion is easily crossed with a standard guidewire, it is not a chronic total occlusion.
  • coronary chronic total occlusions have been characterized as having tough fibrous and even calcific caps with a softer interior.
  • This invention is intended to help a guidewire penetrate the chronic total occlusion by directing a moderate speed fluid jet at the occlusion.
  • the forwardly directed fluid jet crossing catheter is designed to cross chronic total occlusions in a peripheral or coronary artery. Bodies of scientific evidence have indicated that after opening by crossing a coronary chronic total occlusion in a patient, the patient is benefited thereby. Although the presence of a chronic total occlusion usually means there is some collateralization, opening of a chronic total occlusion provides a greater flow reserve. As a result, the opening of chronic total occlusions in a patient has been shown to have improved patient morbidity and mortality. Furthermore, a peripheral procedure can be expedited by crossing peripheral chronic total occlusions.
  • FrontRunner by Lumend which is a clamshell type device for mechanically opening its blunt jaws at the face of the chronic total occlusion. This device was unsuccessful some of the time so it was not seen as being reliable.
  • Another device is the Safe Cross system from Interluminal Therapeutics. This system consists of a radio frequency ablation wire coupled with an Optical Coherence Detection device to ensure that the wire does not burn through the vessel wall. Although this system is considered generally reliable by trained professionals, it has some limitations. First, the method is slow. Second, if a channel is burned next to the vessel wall, it can be difficult to direct the wire to take an alternative path. Another device is a re-entry device by Lumend (Outback Catheter).
  • This device provides a procedure for crossing a peripheral chronic total occlusion by purposely directing a guidewire into the subintimal space of the vessel. Once the guidewire is beyond the chronic total occlusion, the re-entry catheter directs the guidewire back into the true lumen.
  • Lasers can be used to cross peripheral chronic total occlusions and can facilitate the crossing capability for peripheral arteries depending on the amount of calcification.
  • the present invention uses a moderate speed fluid jet stream to open a passage through, i.e., to cross, a chronic total occlusion.
  • the treatment will be cool, directable (since the device is torqueable) in the true lumen of the vessel, and rapid.
  • the device will find the true lumen since medium velocity fluid jet streams will naturally find a dissection plane (the easiest path) or through one or more microchannels of the chronic total occlusion.
  • the general purpose of the present invention is to provide a forwardly directed fluid jet crossing catheter.
  • the forwardly directed fluid jet crossing catheter uses a single saline fluid jet stream, preferably in tubular flow form and/or in solid flow form, to penetrate and advance through a chronic total occlusion.
  • the concept for the present invention stemmed from vessel safety testing that had been done with thrombectomy catheters.
  • the concept behind the forwardly directed fluid jet crossing catheter which can also be referred to as a front spray catheter, is to provide a velocity that is less than the high velocity fluid jets of thrombectomy catheters that will still be safe for contacting the vessel wall, and yet higher than the side exhaust velocity of thrombectomy catheters so that it will be efficacious in penetrating through a tough organized clot.
  • An important feature of the present invention is the small crossing profile of the fluid jet catheter. Since the device of this invention is used to cross chronic total occlusions, the smaller the crossing profile the better the chance to successfully navigate across the lesion. Therefore, an exhaust lumen as used in cross stream technology becomes a feature that is not used in order to reduce and minimize the crossing profile.
  • the invention uses a proximal catheter and a connected smaller diameter distal catheter which, for the most part, form a low pressure cavity and a high pressure cavity, respectively, through which a guidewire tube and a high pressure tube generally align.
  • the distal end of the high pressure tube terminates in the high pressure cavity to communicate with and to pressurize the high pressure cavity.
  • An entry hole is included in the distal region of the guidewire tube where such entry hole is located in the high pressure cavity to provide communication between the high pressure cavity and the lumen of the guidewire tube.
  • High pressure fluid emanating from the lumen of the high pressure tube pressurizes the high pressure cavity, whereby the high pressure fluid passes through the entry hole in the guidewire tube and passes into the lumen of the guidewire tube to surround a co-located guidewire. Thence, the high pressure fluid flows distally along the remaining lumen space, as well as along the guidewire, in a cylindrical flow form to emanate from the guidewire lumen as a distally directed fluid jet stream having cylindrical flow form.
  • the guidewire can be retracted a short distance to influence the shape of the cylindrical flow.
  • the forwardly directed fluid jet crossing catheter is essentially a guide catheter with a reduced radius distal end in the form of a distal catheter tube.
  • the distal catheter tube has co-located components which comprise a formable and shapeable catheter tip region.
  • the device can be deployed over a standard guidewire if the physician finds difficulty crossing a lesion.
  • the small diameter of the distal end ensures that a strong cylindrical flow fluid jet stream forms around the guidewire.
  • the optionally bent tip can be directed along and navigate a tortuous anatomy.
  • the velocity of the emanated fluid jet stream can be modified not only by adjusting the pumping speed of a drive unit, but also the velocity and flow rate of the fluid jet stream can be influenced by the amount of engagement of the guidewire within the guidewire tube which is located, in part, within the reduced radius distal catheter tube. For example, if the guidewire is repositioned proximally into the catheter, more of the distal lumen becomes available since there is no guidewire contained therein whereby the jet volume is increased.
  • a forwardly directed fluid jet crossing catheter having features and components including a manifold and closely associated components located therein and thereupon, a proximal catheter tube, a smaller distal catheter tube attached to and extending from the proximal catheter tube, an internal adhesive plug seal in the proximal portion of the distal catheter tube separating the lumens of the proximal catheter tube and the distal catheter tube, a low pressure cavity extending proximally from the adhesive plug seal and along the lumen of the proximal catheter tube connecting and communicating with a manifold in a low pressure region, a high pressure cavity extending distally from the adhesive plug seal and along the lumen of the distal catheter tube to and including a tapered tip and tapered tip lumen, a high pressure tube attached to and extending generally from the manifold through the lumen of the proximal catheter tube and co-located low pressure cavity, through the adhesive plug seal and into the lumen of the distal
  • One significant aspect and feature of the forwardly directable fluid jet crossing catheter is a minimal reduced distal cross section in order to enhance the ability to cross chronic total occlusions in small or narrow vascular regions.
  • Another significant aspect and feature of the present invention is the use of a forwardly directed fluid jet stream in combination with a formable and shapeable catheter tip region.
  • Still another significant aspect and feature of the present invention is a formable and shapeable catheter tip region having a section of annealed high pressure tube within a distal catheter tube and a flexible tapered tip providing a directable and shapeable atraumatic tip where such formable and shapeable catheter tip region can positively influence tracking along the vasculature.
  • Still another significant aspect and feature of the present invention is a forwardly directed fluid jet crossing catheter with a flexible tapered tip that gradually transitions substantially to the diameter of a guidewire to aid in tracking and in crossing a chronic total occlusion.
  • Yet another significant aspect and feature of the present invention is the positioning of a guidewire within a guidewire lumen to influence the velocity and/or flow rate and the structure of a fluid jet stream.
  • Still another significant aspect and feature of the present invention is a forwardly directed jet stream delivered in a cylindrical flow fashion about a guidewire.
  • Still another significant aspect and feature of the present invention is a forwardly directed fluid jet crossing catheter having a dedicated guidewire lumen along the entire length of the catheter so that guidewires can be exchanged.
  • Yet another significant aspect and feature of the present invention is the use of a proximal catheter tube generally forming a low pressure cavity.
  • Yet another significant aspect and feature of the present invention is the use of a distal catheter tube generally forming a high pressure cavity.
  • Yet another significant aspect and feature of the present invention is the use of an adhesive plug injected through a hole in the distal catheter tube to substantially and separatingly seal the lumens of the distal catheter tube and the proximal catheter tube in order to substantially provide a high pressure cavity and a low pressure cavity.
  • Yet another significant aspect and feature of the present invention is a forwardly directed fluid jet crossing catheter that isolates a high pressure cavity from the manifold of the catheter by the use of an interceding low pressure cavity.
  • Still another significant aspect and feature of the present invention is the use of a high pressure tube connected to and extending from a manifold and through the co-located proximal catheter tube and low pressure cavity, through an adhesive plug seal and thence into and openly terminating in the high pressure cavity.
  • Still another significant aspect and feature of the present invention is the use of a guidewire tube connected to and extending from a manifold and through the co-located proximal catheter tube and low pressure cavity, through an adhesive plug seal and thence into and terminating beyond the high pressure cavity.
  • Still another significant aspect and feature of the present invention is the use of an entry hole in the distal region of the guidewire tube which communicates with the high pressure cavity of the distal catheter tube to provide for entry of high pressure fluid into the guidewire tube.
  • Still another significant aspect and feature of the present invention is the use of a high pressure cavity for transfer of high pressure fluid from the lumen of a high pressure tube through the entry hole of the guidewire tube to provide a cylindrical flow of a high pressure fluid distally along the portion of the guidewire lumen not occupied by a co-located guidewire, as well as a cylindrical flow along the co-located guidewire.
  • Yet another significant aspect and feature of the present invention is an internal high pressure tube sealed inside one or more guide catheter tubes for the purpose of delivering pressurized saline to a formable and shapeable catheter tip region.
  • Yet another significant aspect and feature of the present invention is the use of a portion of a guidewire tube to deliver high pressure fluid to a chronic total occlusion.
  • FIG. 1 is an isometric view of a forwardly directed fluid jet crossing catheter, the present invention
  • FIG. 2 is an isometric view of the present invention where the components distal to a manifold are shown in exploded view;
  • FIG. 3 is an exploded view of the manifold and closely associated components
  • FIG.4 is a view of the assembled components of FIG.3;
  • FIG. 5 is a partial cross section view showing the relationship of a distal catheter tube to a proximal catheter tube of the present invention
  • FIG. 6 is a detailed partial cross section view of the components of FIG.5;
  • FIG. 7 is a cross section view along line 7-7 of FIG. 6 showing the fixation, surrounding and encapsulation of a guidewire tube and a high pressure tube within a distal catheter tube by an adhesive plug seal;
  • FIG. 8 is a cross section view along line 8-8 of FIG. 6 showing the relationship of a guidewire tube and a high pressure tube within a distal catheter tube and to the high pressure cavity;
  • FIG. 9 is a cross section view of the distal end of the distal catheter tube showing the flow of high pressure fluid from the lumen of the high pressure tube into the high pressure cavity, whereby the entire high pressure cavity is pressurized;
  • FIG. 10 is a view like FIG. 9 showing a distal tip of the guidewire repositioned proximally to a position at the distal end of the guidewire tube;
  • FIG. 11 shows the distal end of the distal catheter tube and the flexible tapered tip of the forwardly directed fluid jet crossing catheter aligned in a patient's vessel having a chronic total occlusion
  • FIG. 12 illustrates a crossing in the form of a channel, path or the like formed by the use of the present invention where such a crossing is formed between and extends from a proximal location of the chronic total occlusion to a distal location of the chronic total occlusion.
  • FIG. 1 is an isometric view of a forwardly directed fluid jet crossing catheter 10, the present invention
  • FIG. 2 is an isometric view of the invention where the components distal to a manifold 12 are shown in exploded view.
  • Readily identifiable components at the proximal region of the invention include, but are not limited to, the manifold 12 having closely associated components including a central body 14, a hemostasis valve 16, a high pressure connector 18, a Luer fitting 20, a Luer connector 22, a winged Luer fitting 24, and a strain relief tube 26.
  • a torqueable and flexible (4 French) proximal catheter tube 28 preferably of Pebax®, which, in general, delineates the greater portion of a low pressure cavity 30 (FIG. 1)
  • another torqueable and short reduced diameter flexible and shapeable low profile (3 French) distal catheter tube 32 preferably of Pebax®, which, in general, delineates the greater portion of a high pressure cavity 34 (FIG. 1) extending along the distal catheter tube 32 and along a flexible tapered tip 36 having a lumen 37 attached to the distal end of the distal catheter tube 32.
  • Marker bands 38 and 40 are located over and about the opposing ends of the tapered tip 36.
  • the marker band 38 is securingly aligned over the overlapping coaxial junction of the proximal end of the tapered tip 36 and the distal end of the distal catheter tube 32
  • the marker band 40 is securingly aligned over the overlapping coaxial junction of the distal end of the tapered tip 36 and the distal end of the guidewire tube 42.
  • FIG. 2 and a high pressure tube 46 having a lumen 48 are aligned and secured within the manifold 12, as later described in detail.
  • the central and greater portions of the guidewire tube 42 and the high pressure tube 46 are aligned in a lumen 50 of the proximal catheter tube 28 and also extend to align in the proximal portion of the lumen 52 of the distal catheter tube 32 where such a proximal portion of the lumen 52 is proximal to an adhesive plug seal 54 (FIG. 6), i.e., the central and greater portions of the guidewire tube 42 and the high pressure tube 46 are aligned within the low pressure cavity 30.
  • the distally located shorter portions of the guidewire tube 42 and the high pressure tube 46 are aligned and extend within the distal portion of the lumen 52 of the distal catheter tube 32, where such a distal portion of the lumen 52 is distal to the adhesive plug seal 54, and are secured therein by the use of the adhesive plug seal 54 in the distal catheter tube 32.
  • the distal end of the guidewire tube 42 extends further into and is secured in the lumen 37 of the tapered tip 36 by the marker band 40, as shown in FIG. 6, i.e., the distally located shorter portions of the guidewire tube 42 and the high pressure tube 46 are fully or partially aligned within the high pressure cavity 34 formed by the distal catheter tube 32 and the lumen 37 of the flexible tip 36.
  • the low pressure cavity 30 is associated generally with the proximal catheter tube 28 and the high pressure cavity 34 is generally associated with the lumen 52 of the distal catheter tube 32 and with the lumen 37 of the flexible tapered tip 36, as shown in detail in FIGS.5 and 6.
  • FIG. 3 is an exploded view of the manifold 12 and its closely associated components
  • FIG. 4 is a view of the assembled components of FIG. 3.
  • the manifold 12 includes connected and communicating passageways and cavities located along and about the central body 14 including a central passageway 56 having a small radius passageway section 56a and a connected large radius passageway section 56b, the latter connecting to a proximally located cylindrical cavity 58 located in a cavity body 60.
  • the small radius passageway section 56a extends through a distal tubular body 62 and an annular connector flange 64.
  • Threads 66 are located about the proximal exterior portion of the cavity body 60 at the proximal region of the manifold 12 for accommodation of internal threads 68 of the hemostasis nut 16.
  • a guidewire tubular adapter 70 has multiple connected features including a central bore 72, a proximally located conical guide passageway 74 communicating with the central bore 72, and a distally located tapered bore 76 communicating with the central bore 72.
  • the guidewire tubular adapter 70 is aligned in and housed in the large radius passageway section 56b in the proximal region of the manifold 12.
  • the proximal end of the guidewire tube 42 extends into the tapered bore 76 for anchoring and also into the central bore 72 of the guidewire tubular adapter 70.
  • An adhesive 78 is injected through an injection hole 80 to flow into the tapered bore 76 and to surround and positionally fix the proximal region of the guidewire tube 42 within the tapered bore 76 of the guidewire tubular adapter 70.
  • the injected adhesive 78 also flows into and about the proximal end of the small radius passageway section 56a and around and about the guidewire tube 42.
  • Such positional fixing of the guidewire tube 42 within the tapered bore 76 and in the small radius passageway section 56a ensures the alignment of the most proximal section of the guidewire tube 42 within the central bore 72.
  • the guidewire tubular adapter 70 is used to guide the distal end of a guidewire 120 (FIG.
  • a seal 81 for sealing about and against a guidewire is located in the distal portion of the cavity 58 in intimate contact with the proximal end of the guidewire tubular adapter 70.
  • the hemostasis nut 16 includes a centrally located passageway 82 extending through a centrally located cylindrical boss 84, the latter of which exerts pressure against the seal 81 when the threads 68 of the hemostasis nut 16 are engaged with and advanced along the threads 66 of the cavity body 60.
  • a seal is also effected in the absence of a guidewire.
  • a ferrule 86 is aligned and secured within a passageway 88 of the threaded high pressure connector 18, the combination of which is partially aligned within a passageway 90 of the Luer fitting 20.
  • the proximal end of the proximal high pressure tube 46 which is utilized for delivery of high pressure ablation liquids, is suitably secured in an internal passageway of the ferrule 86 to communicate with the interior passageway 88 of the threaded high pressure connector 18, as shown in ElG.4.
  • a plurality of components distal to the manifold 12 is secured directly or indirectly to the annular connector flange 64 of the manifold 12 and includes, but is not limited to, the Luer connector 22, the Luer fitting 24, and the strain relief tube 26.
  • the Luer connector 22 includes an annular proximal cavity 92, an annular connector recess 94, a proximal tubular passageway 96, and internal threads 98 offset from the tubular passageway 96.
  • the Luer fitting 24 includes proximally located threads 100 for engagement with the internal threads 98 of the Luer connector 22 and also includes a centrally located partially tapered passageway 102.
  • the strain relief tube 26 includes an internal passageway 104.
  • the proximal end of the proximal catheter tube 28 is coaxially aligned with and is suitably secured directly within the internal passageway 104 of the strain relief tube 26 and indirectly within the distal untapered portion of the partially tapered passageway 102 of the Luer fitting 24, whereby the lumen 50, i.e., the low pressure cavity 30 of the proximal catheter tube 28, communicates with the partially tapered passageway 102 of the Luer fitting 24, the tubular passageway 96 of the Luer connector 22, the small radius passageway section 56a, the adhesive 78, a high pressure connection branch passageway 106, and the passageway 90 of the Luer fitting 20.
  • the manifold low pressure region 108 is connected to and in direct communication with the low pressure cavity 30 of the proximal catheter tube 28.
  • the low pressure cavity 30 includes the section of the lumen 50 of the proximal catheter tube 28 extending distally from the proximal end of the proximal catheter tube 28 to the point of an intersection with the proximal end of the distal catheter tube 32 and the associated section of the lumen 52 of the distal catheter tube 32 and also includes the section from the point of intersection of the proximal catheter tube 28 and the distal catheter tube 32 and associated lumen portions extending to the proximal end of the adhesive plug seal 54.
  • the high pressure tube 46 also extends from the ferrule 86, through the high pressure connection branch passageway 106, through part of the small radius passageway section 56a, through the distal tubular body 62, through the Luer connector 22, through the Luer fitting 24, and indirectly through the lumen 104 of the strain relief tube 26. Thence, the high pressure tube 46 extends through the lumen 50 of the proximal catheter tube 28 and the proximal end of the lumen 52 of the distal catheter tube 32, i.e., the low pressure cavity 30, and then extends through the adhesive plug seal 54.
  • the high pressure tube 46 continues further into the high pressure cavity 34, i.e., the portion of the distal catheter tube 32 lumen 52 distal to the adhesive plug seal 54 to terminate proximal to the tapered tip 36, as shown in detail in FIGS. 5 and 6.
  • the guidewire tube 42 extends generally parallel to the high pressure tube 46.
  • the proximal end of the guidewire tube 42 extends into the tapered bore 76 of the guidewire tubular adapter 70 for anchoring and into the central bore 72 of the guidewire tubular adapter 70 and fixed in position by the adhesive 78, as previously described, and also through part of the small radius passageway section 56a and anchored therein by the use of the adhesive 78, through the distal tubular body 62, as previously described, through the Luer connector 22, through the Luer fitting 24, and through the lumen 104 of the strain relief tube 26. Thence, the guidewire tube 42 extends through the lumen 50 of the proximal catheter tube 28 and into the proximal end of the lumen 52 of the distal catheter tube 32, i.e., the low pressure cavity 30.
  • the guidewire tube 42 then extends through the adhesive plug seal 54 and continues into the portion of the lumen 52 of the distal catheter tube 32, distal to the adhesive plug seal 54, and further within the lumen 37 of the tapered tip 36 to finally terminate and be secured within the distal end of the tapered tip 36, i.e., the guidewire tube 42 extends into and resides in the high pressure cavity 34, as shown in detail in FIGS. 5 and 6.
  • FIG. 5 is a partial cross section view showing the relationship of the distal catheter tube 32 to the proximal catheter tube 28, as well as other important features of the invention.
  • FIG. 6 is a detailed partial cross section view of the components of FIG. 5. Especially shown are the structures forming the distal end of the low pressure cavity 30 and the structure forming the high pressure cavity 34.
  • the distal end of the proximal catheter tube 28, which includes a tapered transition 110, is coaxially aligned and suitably secured to the proximal end of the distal catheter tube 32 in an overlapping relationship.
  • the guidewire tube 42 and the high pressure tube 46 are shown extending along several areas or locations:
  • portions of the guidewire tube 42 and the high pressure tube 46 are both shown at the distal end of the low pressure cavity 30 and are both aligned (a) within the distal portion of lumen 50 of the proximal catheter tube 28, and (b) are both aligned in the proximal portion of lumen 52 of the distal catheter tube 32, proximal to the adhesive plug seal 54;
  • the high pressure tube 46 is shown in the high pressure cavity 34 (a) aligned distal to the adhesive plug seal 54 and extending distally along a greater portion of the lumen 52 of the distal catheter tube 32, and (b) openly terminating a short distance proximal to the tapered tip 36; and,
  • a portion of the guidewire tube 42 is shown in the high pressure cavity 34 (a) aligned distal to the adhesive plug seal 54 and extending distally along the lumen 52 of the distal catheter tube 32, and (b) extending beyond the end of the high pressure tube 46 into and securing within the lumen 37 of the tapered tip 36 by the compression of the marker band 40 about the distal end of the tapered tip 36.
  • An entry hole 114 which is preferably elongated, extends through the wall of the guidewire tube 42 to provide communication between the lumen 44 of the guidewire tube 42 and the region outside of the guidewire tube 42, and more specifically, to provide communication between the lumen 44 of the guidewire tube 42 with the high pressure cavity 34 with which the lumen 48 of the high pressure tube 46 also communicates. Communication also occurs between the lumen 48 of the high pressure tube 46 and the lumen 44 of the guidewire tube 42 through the common high pressure cavity 34, whereby a high pressure fluid is distally emanated as a high pressure fluid jet through the extreme distal end of the guidewire tube 42.
  • Such a provision is made along the distal catheter tube 32 by the use of a flexible tapered tip 36 and by the use of a flexible high pressure tube 46, preferably of stainless steel, which is annealed along a distal portion thereof in order that a curved shape may, if desired, be manually imparted by a physician to the high pressure tube 46 and the surrounding distal catheter tube 32 for negotiating within tortuous vascular passages.
  • FIG. 7 is a cross section view along line 7-7 of FIG. 6 showing the fixation surrounding and encapsulation of the guidewire tube 42 and the high pressure tube 46 within the distal catheter tube 32 by the adhesive plug seal 54.
  • FIG. 8 is a cross section view along line 8-8 of FIG. 6 showing the relationship of the guidewire tube 42 and the high pressure tube 46 within the distal catheter tube 32 and to the high pressure cavity 34.
  • the flow of high pressure fluid 116 is within the high pressure cavity 34 and is demonstrated emanating from the lumen 48 of the high pressure tube 46 through the high pressure cavity 34, through the entry hole 114 and then into the lumen 44 of the guidewire tube 42 for distally directed emanation therefrom as a cylindrical fluid jet stream 122, as shown in FIG.9.
  • FIG. 9 is a cross section view of the distal end of the distal catheter tube 32 and the tapered tip 36 showing the flow of the high pressure fluid 116, preferably in the form of a saline or other suitable solution, from the lumen 48 of the high pressure tube 46 into the high pressure cavity 34, whereby the entire high pressure cavity 34 is pressurized.
  • a guidewire 120 is shown residing in the lumen 44 of the guidewire tube 42 and extending directly through the distal end of the lumen 44, as well as extending indirectly through and beyond the tapered tip 36.
  • the high pressure fluid 116 in the pressurized high pressure cavity 34 forcibly enters the entry hole 114 in the guidewire tube 42 and surrounds the guidewire 120 and is contained within the portion of the lumen 44 unoccupied by the guidewire 120 to flow along the path of least resistance along and between the unoccupied tubular space in the lumen 44 provided between the guidewire 120 and the guidewire tube 42.
  • the high pressure fluid 116 emanates as a high velocity, cylindrical flow, jet stream 122 from the distal end of the lumen 44 in a distal direction preferably along and coaxial to the guidewire 120 in the form of a cylindrical flow.
  • the distal end of the high pressure tube 46 is in close proximity to the entry hole 114 in the guidewire tube 42 in order to provide for the shortest path therebetween and thus obtain maximum efficacy and efficiency.
  • the adhesive plug seal 54 (FIG. 5) prevents the high pressure fluid 116 from entering the low pressure cavity 30. Sealing of the manifold 12 about a guidewire can be accomplished by the use of simplified or generic components, such as, but not limited to, the hemostasis valve 16 and the seal 81, as required. Proximal flow of pressurized saline through the lumen 44 of the guidewire tube 42 is minimized due to the length of the guidewire tube 42 and the resistance to saline flow offered by the occupying guidewire 120.
  • FIG. 10 is a view like FIG. 9 showing the distal tip of the guidewire 120 repositioned in close proximity to the distal end of the guidewire tube 42.
  • Such a configuration provides for the maximum flow of a high pressure fluid 116 through the lumen 44 as a cylindrical flow jet stream 122a emanating from the lumen 44.
  • FIG. 11 shows the distal end of the distal catheter tube 32 and the flexible tapered tip 36 of the forwardly directed fluid jet crossing catheter 10 aligned within a patient's vessel 124 having a chronic total occlusion 126.
  • the distal end of a guidewire 120 is positioned in close proximity to or in intimate contact with the proximal region of the chronic total occlusion 126.
  • the guidewire 120 is aligned along the interior length of the forwardly directed fluid jet crossing catheter 10; more precisely, the guidewire 120 is aligned within the manifold 12 and closely associated components thereof, indirectly within the proximal catheter tube 28 and the distal catheter tube 32, indirectly within the low pressure cavity 30 and high pressure cavity 34, indirectly within the lumen 37 of the tapered tip 36, and directly within the lumen 44 of the guidewire tube 42, as previously described.
  • the tapered tip 36 is shown positioned at or near the chrome total occlusion 126 where a fluid jet stream, preferably the cylindrical flow jet stream 122, is directed distally along the guidewire 120 toward the chrome total occlusion 126 in order to impinge the chronic total occlusion 126 to form and provide a path through the chrome total occlusion 126, thereby forming a crossing therethrough.
  • the fluid jet stream 122 provides a moderate velocity cylindrical flow along the outer surface of the guidewire 120, as also shown in FIG. 9, or can provide an increased volume cylindrical flow fluid jet stream 122a when the distal end of the guidewire 120 is repositioned, as described with reference to FIG. 10. Moving the guidewire 120 between the positions shown and described in FIGS.
  • the medium velocity fluid jet stream 122 having a cylindrical flow is produced as shown in FIG. 9 which jet stream flows within the lumen 44 and about the guidewire 120 to provide a cylindrical flow coaxially along a portion of the guidewire 120 external to the lumen 44 of the guidewire tube 42. Positioning of the proximal end of the guidewire 120, such as shown in FIG. 10, will produce a maximum velocity of the cylindrical flow fluid jet stream 122a which does not flow externally along the guidewire 120 having a greater velocity than the fluid jet stream 122 shown in FIG. 9.
  • FTG. 12 illustrates a crossing 128 of the chronic total occlusion 126 in the form of a channel, path or the like resulting in the use of this invention where such a crossing 128 is formed through and extends from a proximal location of the chronic total occlusion 126 to a distal location of the chronic total occlusion 126.
  • the moderate velocity fluid jet stream jet 122 having a cylindrical flow, is emitted from the tapered tip 36, i.e., from the lumen 44 of the guidewire tube 42, will find a dissection plane or microchannel path in the fibrous material of the chronic total occlusion 126 as directed along and about the guidewire 120.
  • the distal end of the forwardly directed fluid jet crossing catheter 10 can be alternatingly advanced or retracted longitudinally within the chronic total occlusion 126 as the softer tissue of the chronic total occlusion 126 is eroded and dislodged from the main body of the chronic total occlusion 126 to progressively advance through the chronic total occlusion 126.
  • the position of the guidewire 120 can be modulated to produce various velocities and volumes in order to erode and carry loosened matter from the site of the chronic total occlusion 126, as shown in FIG. 12.
  • the compatibility of the forwardly directed fluid jet crossing catheter 10 with .014 inch guidewires means that a physician could use the forwardly directed fluid jet crossing catheter 10 in combination with other chronic total occlusion devices.
  • a very stiff tip guidewire could be used to help breach the fibrous cap (chronic total occlusion 120) and the forwardly directed fluid jet crossing catheter 10 could be used to help support the guidewire and to generate a channel or crossing once the fibrous cap had been breached.
  • a different combination would be the use of a forwardly directed fluid jet crossing catheter 10 with other systems, such as with the use of an RF guidewire, to help breach the chronic total occlusion 126 and an RF visualization system could be used to visualize and safely check the path while the forwardly directed fluid jet crossing catheter 10 to expeditiously open a crossing 128 at the chronic total occlusion 126.
  • This invention describes a catheter used for purposes of crossing chronic total occlusions.
  • the forwardly directed fluid jet crossing catheter 10 is compatible with and can be driven by the AngioJet® console (often referred to as the AngioJet® Ultra System) described in Patent Application No. 11/237,558 filed September 28, 2005, entitled “Thrombectomy Catheter Deployment System", which is pending.
  • the forwardly directed fluid jet crossing catheter 10 can also be incorporated into use with various support components known in the art.
  • AngioJet® thrombectomy catheters use high velocity jets to generate strong secondary flows to liberate, macerate and remove thrombus.
  • the system includes a roller pump to ensure that the waste flow is equivalent to the volumetric flow rate of saline pumped into the patient via the high velocity jets known as isovolumetric flow.
  • a single mid-range velocity fluid stream jet can be directed forward to seek a path through the chronic total occlusion 126.
  • the forwardly directed fluid jet crossing catheter 10 may not necessarily have a waste flow that comes out of the patient, so it is not necessarily an isovolumetric catheter.
  • the typical mode of operation for crossing a coronary CTO is a planned procedure which is typically not an emergency situation.
  • a patient with a known chronic total occlusion means that there was a previously failed attempt to cross a total occlusion with a guidewire where, as a result, a separate intervention may be planned at a later date to cross the chronic total occlusion in order to provide the patient with a greater flow reserve.
  • Peripheral procedures may involve extreme difficulty in positioning a guidewire at a distal location. It may be common for the interventionalist to have a set of tools available to assist in crossing these difficult-to-cross occlusions.
  • the forwardly directed fluid jet crossing catheter 10 can be combined with a pump in a sterile package using a sterile technique.
  • the sterile pump would be loaded into the AngioJet® console and a supply of heparinized saline would be connected to the pump via a common bag spike and primed by stepping on a foot switch.
  • the forwardly directed fluid jet crossing catheter 10 would be advanced to the treatment site by riding over the guidewire 120.
  • the flexible tip 36 of the forwardly directed fluid jet crossing catheter 10 would be directed at the occlusion and the foot pedal depressed, thus providing a fluid jet stream of saline that would find the natural dissection plane and/or microchannels through the chronic total occlusion, whereby the guidewire 120 would be advanced.
  • the forwardly directed fluid jet crossing catheter 10 would be advanced and the process repeated until the occlusion was crossed. Once the occlusion was crossed, the intervention to treat the occlusion with either atherectomy or stenting could proceed. If the physician decided to use another guidewire, the physician could exchange the guidewire being used without loosing position and then introduce a new guidewire.

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Abstract

La présente invention concerne un cathéter traversant à jet de liquide dirigé vers l’avant comportant un écoulement de jet de liquide à flux cylindrique dirigé de façon distale pour traverser une occlusion totale chronique. L’extrémité distale du dispositif comprend une région de pointe de cathéter pouvant être mise en forme comportant des composants internes souples. Des cavités à pression faible et élevée sont formées sensiblement par des tubes de cathéter proximal et distal comportant un bouchon d’étanchéité adhésif en commun entre eux, qui définit partiellement une extrémité de chacune des cavités à pression faible et à pression élevée. Un tube de fil-guide et un tube à pression élevée sont alignés le long et dans les cavités à pression faible et à pression élevée, et à travers le bouchon d’étanchéité adhésif. Le tube à pression élevée se termine ouvertement dans la cavité à pression élevée, le liquide sous pression passant de la cavité à pression élevée au trou d’entrée du tube de fil-guide pour passer par la suite le long de la lumière du fil-guide et du fil-guide installé au même endroit pour sortir sous forme d’un écoulement de jet de liquide cylindrique.
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