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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:
Jul. 09, 2002
Filed:
Oct. 13, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Peter A. Altman, South San Francisco, CA (US);
John D. Altman, South San Francisco, CA (US);
Simon Stertzer, South San Francisco, CA (US);
Assignee:
Biocardia, Inc., South San Francisco, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/05 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/05 ;
Abstract
A drug delivery catheter suited for cardiac procedures. The catheter includes a distal helical coil or other fixation and penetrating element which can be operated from the proximal end of the catheter to engage and penetrate the myocardium. Once delivered to the inside of the heart, the catheter can be used to inject small doses of therapeutic agents to the myocardium. The drug delivery system of the catheter allows for precise control of the dose injected into the heart wall.
Published as:
WO0126706A2; AU1200501A; WO0126706A3; US6416510B1; EP1231864A2; US2002177772A1; JP2003529409A; EP1231864A4; JP4653918B2; US8027740B2; US2012016311A1;