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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. 30, 2001
Filed:
Sep. 18, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Alexander Khairkhahan, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Michael J. Horzewski, San Jose, CA (US);
Stuart D. Harman, San Jose, CA (US);
Richard L. Mueller, Byron, CA (US);
Douglas R. Murphy-Chutorian, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Assignee:
Eclipse Surgical Technologies, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 3/700 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 3/700 ;
Abstract
A steerable drug delivery catheter and method of use, particularly adapted for percutaneous use. The distal end of the drug delivery catheter is deflectable. The catheter has a relative movement compensation mechanism for maintaining positioning between the distal end of the drug delivery catheter and the distal end of the drug delivery device therein.
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