A catheter for delivering a therapeutic or diagnostic agent to a branch
blood vessel of a major blood vessel, generally comprising an elongated
shaft having at least one lumen in fluid communication with an agent
delivery port in a distal section of the shaft, an expandable tubular
member on the distal section of the shaft, and a radially expandable
member on the tubular member. The tubular member is configured to extend
within the blood vessel up-stream and down-stream of a branch vessel, and
has an interior passageway which is radially expandable within the blood
vessel to separate blood flow through the blood vessel into an outer
blood flow stream exterior to the tubular member and an inner blood flow
stream within the interior passageway of the tubular member.