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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:
Sep. 13, 1994
Filed:
Nov. 06, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
James B Seward, Rochester, MN (US);
Abdul J Tajik, Rochester, MN (US);
Assignee:
Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research, Rochester, MN (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ; A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
12866206 ; 606159 ; 12866003 ;
Abstract
A self contained ultrasound device for the delivery of therapeutic and other types of tools to be visualized in an ultrasound-type environment within the blood before, during, and after an intervention includes a catheter having a catheter body with a proximal and distal ends. The catheter contains an ultrasonic transducer proximate its distal end. An access port is provided in the catheter for delivery of a therapeutic device or the like to proximate the distal end of the catheter body. A guide wire port is further provided for insertion therethrough of a guide wire.
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