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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 25, 2007
Filed:
Oct. 27, 2003
James D. Hughett, Lawrenceville, GA (US);
Robert Michael Webster, Duluth, GA (US);
Douglas Layland Armstrong, Atlanta, GA (US);
Byron Lee Boylston, Woodstock, GA (US);
Gregg T. Juett, Clearwater, FL (US);
Richard A. Hillstead, Duluth, GA (US);
Jack C. Griffis, Iii, Decatur, GA (US);
Andrew L. Lerohl, Hoschton, GA (US);
Mark Dehdashtian, Costa Mesa, CA (US);
Marvin A. Guiles, Stow, MA (US);
James D. Hughett, Lawrenceville, GA (US);
Robert Michael Webster, Duluth, GA (US);
Douglas Layland Armstrong, Atlanta, GA (US);
Byron Lee Boylston, Woodstock, GA (US);
Gregg T. Juett, Clearwater, FL (US);
Richard A. Hillstead, Duluth, GA (US);
Jack C. Griffis, III, Decatur, GA (US);
Andrew L. Lerohl, Hoschton, GA (US);
Mark Dehdashtian, Costa Mesa, CA (US);
Marvin A. Guiles, Stow, MA (US);
Best Vascular, Inc., Springfield, VA (US);
Abstract
A transfer device usable in a system for intraluminal treatment of a selected site in a body of a patient in which the transfer device comprises an integral pump for pressurizing and circulating fluid through a fluid path defined by the transfer device and associated catheter. A removable fluid cartridge is provided including a reservoir from which fluid is drawn by the pump and into which fluid is returned after being circulated through the fluid path. The pump may be a peristaltic pump and the fluid cartridge may include an elongated fluid pick-up having an inlet through which fluid is introduced into the transfer device. The fluid pick-up is sized in length so that the inlet is always submerged in the fluid regardless of the orientation of the transfer device. A removable treatment cartridge having a lumen forming part of the fluid path may also be provided, and a storage sleeve for the treatment cartridge may be of a radiation-blocking material, such as quartz. Further, the treatment cartridge may have a memory for storing and indicating selected information about the treating element.