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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:
Oct. 21, 2003
Filed:
May. 01, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Diana Sanchez, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Ivan Sepetka, Los Altos, CA (US);
Maureen Bensing, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Richard A. Helkowski, Redwood City, CA (US);
Assignee:
Concentric Medical, Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/00 ; A61M 2/509 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/00 ; A61M 2/509 ;
Abstract
This is a medical device, specifically used in surgery. It is a wire having distal radio-opaque markers and may be used, for instance, in endovascular procedures as a marker wire for estimating or referencing the structural attributes of internal physical features. In addition, the inventive marker wire may be used as a guide wire for a catheter used in endovascular procedures.