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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 17, 2008
Applicant:
Allen B. Mackay, Flagstaff, AZ (US);
Inventor:
Allen B. Mackay, Flagstaff, AZ (US);
Assignee:
W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc., Newark, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 25/00 (2006.01); A61F 2/95 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 25/0068 (2013.01); A61F 2/95 (2013.01); A61M 25/0041 (2013.01); A61F 2002/9505 (2013.01); A61F 2002/9511 (2013.01); A61M 25/008 (2013.01); A61M 25/0069 (2013.01);
Abstract
A catheter for delivery of intraluminal and expandable devices. The catheter is provided with a flexible curved tip distal to the device loaded onto the catheter for delivery to a desired site within a body conduit. The curved distal tip causes the catheter to rotate to a preferred rotational orientation, which may be desirable for any device having asymmetric features, particularly when used in tortuous body conduits.