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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. 01, 2003
Filed:
Oct. 08, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Dnyanesh Talpade, Plymouth, MN (US);
Assignee:
SciMed Life Systems, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/30 ; A61M 3/100 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/30 ; A61M 3/100 ;
Abstract
A therapeutic agent is delivered to heart tissue in a body. The therapeutic agent is introduced to a first side of the heart tissue. An electrode is percutaneously located on a second side of the heart tissue. The electrode is energized to induce migration of the therapeutic agent into the heart tissue.