RADIOPAQUE GUIDEWIRE TO FACILITATE CATHETER ALIGNMENT

An apparatus for treating a treatment area in the vasculature using a catheter having a balloon. The apparatus comprises a guidewire for guiding the balloon to the treatment area, said guidewire including one or more radiopaque markings arranged for corresponding to the treatment area. Related aspec...

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1. Verfasser:	ELTON, Richard, K
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng ; fre ; ger
Schlagworte:	DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROMTHE BODY HUMAN NECESSITIES HYGIENE MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE
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Zusammenfassung:	An apparatus for treating a treatment area in the vasculature using a catheter having a balloon. The apparatus comprises a guidewire for guiding the balloon to the treatment area, said guidewire including one or more radiopaque markings arranged for corresponding to the treatment area. Related aspects and methods are also disclosed.