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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 31, 1999
Filed:
Oct. 31, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
James J Frassica, Chelmsford, MA (US);
James F Crittenden, Hollis, NH (US);
Assignee:
Medtronic AVE, Inc., Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
604529 ; 604523 ; 600435 ; 600434 ;
Abstract
The catheters in a family thereof in which each of the catheters has substantially the same configuration and adapted to perform the same function, but in which the catheters in the family differ from each other in at least one respect, are provided with radiographically distinguishable indicia by which each of the members of the family can be distinguished from the others by direct observation of its radiographic image.