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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 26, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 10, 2014
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH (US);
Samir Kapadia, Chagrin Falls, OH (US);
THE CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION, Cleveland, OH (US);
Abstract
An apparatus () for guiding a catheter within a patient's body, the apparatus comprising: a first wire () having longitudinally spaced distal and proximal first wire ends ()) separated by a first wire body; a catheter () having longitudinally spaced distal and proximal catheter ends () separated by a catheter body having a catheter lumen () extending longitudinally therethrough between the distal and proximal catheter ends, the catheter having a catheter aperture () extending substantially laterally through the catheter body at a location proximally adjacent to the distal catheter end; a second wire () having longitudinally spaced distal and proximal second wire ends () separated by a second wire body.