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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2006
Filed:
Jan. 09, 2004
Applicant:
Michael Robert Forman, Vadnais Heights, MN (US);
Inventor:
Michael Robert Forman, Vadnais Heights, MN (US);
Assignee:
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 29/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A catheter and a method for using the catheter for site specific delivery of agents to or collecting agents from biological spaces. The catheter includes inflatable balloons which when inflated in a target segment of a biological space, create closed agent delivery pockets for the delivery or collection of agents from a defined space.