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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:
Jul. 18, 2006
Filed:
Dec. 14, 2001
Applicants:
John Gaiser, Mountain View, CA (US);
Scott West, Livermore, CA (US);
David S Utley, Redwood, CA (US);
David Huynh, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Inventors:
John Gaiser, Mountain View, CA (US);
Scott West, Livermore, CA (US);
David S Utley, Redwood, CA (US);
David Huynh, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Assignee:
Curon Medical, Inc., Fremont, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 18/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Systems and methods for treating a tissue region employ an expandable structure projecting beyond the distal end of a catheter tube. A distal tail projects beyond the far end of the basket assembly. The distal tail includes a guidewire lumen that accommodates passage of a guidewire without threading the guidewire through the catheter tube.