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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:
Jun. 11, 2002
Filed:
Mar. 16, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
José Fedida, Mouans-Sartoux, FR;
Assignee:
Novatech SA, Grasse le Plan, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 2/501 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 2/501 ;
Abstract
Release of an object into a human or an animal passage is performed via a catheter formed of telescopic first and second sheaths. The catheter is at least partially inserted into the passage to release the object in response to relative sliding of the first and second sheaths. The catheter includes a first fixing device that fixes an extra-corporal part of the first sheath to a casing and a second fixing device that fixes an extra-corporal part of the second sheath to a mobile carriage mounted on the casing. A controllable motor moves the mobile carriage with respect to the casing.