title: A novel stent delivery catheter: the Intella Trinity balloon.
abstract: The Trinity catheter is a novel multiballoon device designed to facilitate stent delivery by providing for predilatation, stent deployment, and further expansion on a single shaft. The device was tested extensively in a canine model with a variety of stents before being used in a limited human feasibility trial in Europe. A description of the device and its initial human application is presented.
authors.affiliation: Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston 02114, USA. oesterle.stephen@mgh.harvard.edu
authors.forename: S N
authors.initials: SN
authors.lastname: Oesterle
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hayase
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Schuler
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Macaya Migyel
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Cumberland
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Katoh
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Reifart
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002404:Catheterization; D004285:Dogs; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D015607:Stents