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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 2001
Filed:
Jul. 08, 1997
David W. Clark, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Souise S. Clark, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Victor I. Chornenky, Minnetonka, MN (US);
Michael R. Forman, St. Paul, MN (US);
Jeffrey A. Lee, Plymouth, MN (US);
Medtronic Ave, Inc., Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Abstract
A thrombolytic filtration and drug delivery catheter is disclosed comprising a shaft which longitudinal ribs. The ribs are compressed while being advanced to the site of interest and are released at the site, flaring to a diameter greater than the diameter of the shaft. The ribs can be compressed by a sleeve or thread, for example. Drugs or other agents can be delivered through lumens in the shaft and ribs, out through ports in the ribs. Preferably, the ports are positioned to deliver the drugs or other agents between the ribs and within the region defined by the ribs.