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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:
Nov. 26, 2002
Filed:
Mar. 19, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Paul Teirstein, La Jolla, CA (US);
John A. Osth, Laguna Hills, CA (US);
Thomas H. Witzel, Laguna Nigel, CA (US);
Cary Hata, Tustin, CA (US);
Wallace N Hauck, Irvine, CA (US);
Hosheng Tu, Newport Coast, CA (US);
Assignee:
Quantum Cor, Inc., Irvine, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/818 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/818 ;
Abstract
A catheter system and methods for repairing a valvular annulus or an annular organ structure of a patient comprising sandwiching and compressing the annulus and applying heat sufficient to shrink or tighten tissue surrounding the annulus defect.
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