Claims
- 1. A syringe having a plunger dividing a cavity into a low pressure section and an a high pressure section.
- 2. A method of removing debris from a treatment site comprising the steps of:
inflating a therapy balloon to provide a therapy and thereby occluding the vessel and making debris; injecting fluid distal of said balloon when said balloon is deflated at a rate and at a time in the cardiac cycle to displace debris into a guide sheath lumen placed proximal of the therapy balloon. removing debris and fluid from said guide sheath as fluid ids injected.
- 3. A method of removing debris from a treatment site comprising the steps of:
occluding a vessel near a treatment site by inflating an occlusions balloon located on a guide sheath of the type having an open lumen, near the therapy site; injecting fluid into the therapy site at a location distal of the therapy intervention at a rate and quantity sufficient to displace the debris into said guide sheath lumen.
- 4. The method of claim 3 wherein said injecting step is preceded by a therapeutic intervention at a site proximal of said injection site.
- 5. The method of claim 2 wherein said injection is synchronized with the elctographic R-wave of the patient.
CROSS REFERENCE
[0001] The application is a CIP of U.S. Ser. No. 09/637,529 filed Aug. 11, 2000; U.S. Ser. No. 09/459,225 filed Dec. 10, 1999; U.S. Ser. No. 09/995,303 filed Nov. 27, 2001; U.S. Ser. No. 10/050978 filed Jan. 18, 2002; U.S. Ser. No. 10/145,699 filed May 14, 2002. each is incorporated by reference herein in their entirety.
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