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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:
Feb. 29, 2000
Filed:
Oct. 21, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Stephen J Linhares, Taunton, MA (US);
Charles Christopher Negus, Taunton, MA (US);
Robert I Rudko, Holliston, MA (US);
Eileen A Woodruff, Millis, MA (US);
Assignee:
PLC Medical Systems, Inc., Franklin, MA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
606-7 ; 606 15 ; 606 10 ; 600508 ;
Abstract
A system and method of marking percutaneous transmyocardial revascularization channels in a human heart includes inserting a catheter system into the left ventricle of a heart, applying tissue ablative energy through the catheter to create a channel into the heart wall, and introducing an imaging medium to the heart wall proximate the channel for marking the position of that channel for imaging.