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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:
May. 20, 2003
Filed:
Oct. 05, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Ze'ev Sohn, Modiin, IL;
Assignee:
SRS Medical Systems, Inc., North Billerica, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 5/32 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 5/32 ;
Abstract
A catheter device for fixation to the human body comprises a catheter having a distal end and a proximal end, the distal end comprising one or more fins, the fins having an open position defining a large diameter and a closed position of small diameter. The catheter has a catheter body and a push tube sliding axially within the catheter body for manipulating the fins into the open and closed positions.