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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:
Nov. 14, 1995
Filed:
Jan. 31, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Marvin P Loeb, Huntington Beach, CA (US);
Samuel M Shaolian, Laguna Niguel, CA (US);
Vahid Saadatmanesh, Irvine, CA (US);
Jeffrey J Giba, Moreno Valley, CA (US);
To V Pham, Trabuco Canyon, CA (US);
Assignee:
Trimedyne, Inc., Irvine, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
606 15 ; 606-7 ; 606 16 ;
Abstract
A catheter suitable for the delivery of laser energy to an obstruction in a body lumen is provided, which has an expandable, elastic distal end portion containing optical fibers whose exposed distal end faces are arranged in two or more substantially concentric arrays that merge into a narrower band array of a larger diameter upon radial expansion of the elastic distal end portion. The distal end portion of the catheter is more elastomeric than the catheter body.