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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 08, 2005
Filed:
Mar. 10, 2003
James David Hughett, Lawrenceville, GA (US);
Bradford G. Clay, Suwanee, GA (US);
Bryan Dale Knodel, Flagstaff, AZ (US);
James David Hughett, Lawrenceville, GA (US);
Bradford G. Clay, Suwanee, GA (US);
Bryan Dale Knodel, Flagstaff, AZ (US);
Novoste Corporation, Norcross, GA (US);
Abstract
A system comprising a microprocessor-controlled transfer device and a separate catheter for intraluminal treatment of a selected site in a body of a patient by at least one treating element advanced from a removable treating element cartridge received in the transfer device into a lumen of the separate catheter by means of pressurized fluid controlled by a fluid control switch moveable between send and return positions, and a safety interlock for use with the system.