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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:
Jun. 14, 2005
Filed:
Sep. 20, 2002
Applicants:
Paula Mcdonnell, Galway, IE;
Mark Casley, Galway, IE;
Declan Costello, Galway, IE;
William Hawkins, Wayzata, MN (US);
Inventors:
Paula McDonnell, Galway, IE;
Mark Casley, Galway, IE;
Declan Costello, Galway, IE;
William Hawkins, Wayzata, MN (US);
Assignee:
Medtronic Vascular, Inc., Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M031/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A catheter and guide wire exchange system including a catheter that has a guide wire lumen with a guide way extending along a length of the proximal shaft. A guide member is slidably disposed about the proximal shaft for directing a guide wire into or out of the guide way and the guide wire lumen. A transition section joins the bilumen proximal shaft to a coaxial distal shaft.