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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 26, 2007
Filed:
Mar. 06, 2003
Mary M. Morris, Mounds View, MN (US);
Timothy G. Laske, Shoreview, MN (US);
Kenneth T. Heruth, Edina, MN (US);
Michael R. Ujhelyi, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Jesus W. Casas-bejar, Brooklyn Park, MN (US);
David S. Olson, Scandia, MN (US);
Mary M. Morris, Mounds View, MN (US);
Timothy G. Laske, Shoreview, MN (US);
Kenneth T. Heruth, Edina, MN (US);
Michael R. Ujhelyi, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Jesus W. Casas-Bejar, Brooklyn Park, MN (US);
David S. Olson, Scandia, MN (US);
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Abstract
A catheter body includes an exit port over which a pressure responsive sleeve is formed that allows material to exit a lumen of the catheter body at a given pressure. In one embodiment, a surface of the sleeve is approximately flush with a surface of the catheter body. In another embodiment the sleeve includes a tapered edge.