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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 13, 1993
Filed:
Sep. 10, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
Shin-ichi Kanazawa, Osaka, JP;
Koro Yotsuya, Osaka, JP;
Ichiro Sogawa, Osaka, JP;
Takafumi Uemiya, Osaka, JP;
Shin-ichiro Niwa, Osaka, JP;
Assignee:
Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
128665 ; 606 15 ;
Abstract
A diagnostic and therapeutic catheter accommodating a plurality of optical fibers and tubes, including a small diameter portion formed at a distal end portion of the catheter, the small diameter portion having at least one duct, the optical fibers and the tubes confronting an inlet of the small diameter portion so as to be retractably inserted into the small diameter portion selectively.