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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 09, 2006
Filed:
Aug. 01, 2003
Applicant:
Gregory R. Dion, Lynn, MA (US);
Inventor:
Gregory R. Dion, Lynn, MA (US);
Assignee:
Medtronic Vascular, Inc., Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 29/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A rotary valve for a balloon catheter, including a hollow guidewire with a central lumen and a portion of a rotary shaft disposed within a guidewire proximal end. Rotating the rotary shaft of the rotary valve controls flow of an inflation fluid into and through the guidewire central lumen.