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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2009
Filed:
Mar. 18, 2004
Applicants:
Kirk Patrick Seward, Dublin, CA (US);
Albert P. Pisano, Danville, CA (US);
Inventors:
Kirk Patrick Seward, Dublin, CA (US);
Albert P. Pisano, Danville, CA (US);
Assignee:
The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 31/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method of interventional surgery is described. The method may include inserting an actuator within a body of a vascularized organism and positioning the actuator adjacent a target region within a vessel of the body. The actuator is operated to cause a needle thereof to move in a substantially perpendicular direction relative to a wall of the vessel to produce an opening therein. A therapeutic or diagnostic agent may be delivered by the needle to the target region via the opening in the vessel wall.