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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:
Jan. 13, 1998
Filed:
May. 13, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
John T Wright, Denver, CO (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
604 96 ; 604101 ;
Abstract
A perfusion catheter for use in open heart surgery having inner and outer concentric balloons adjacent to the distal end of the catheter wherein the inner balloon is a cuff that may be inflated by a syringe using either air or liquid via a second lumen in the catheter, the outer balloon self-inflating when perfusion liquid flows through the catheter, and a third and lumen of the catheter to monitor the infusion pressure at the distal end of the catheter, is disclosed.