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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.

Date of Patent:
Aug. 18, 2009

Filed:

Oct. 29, 2002
Applicants:

Matthew S. Solar, Indialantic, FL (US);

Kari Parmer, Plymouth, MN (US);

Philip Smith, Minneapolis, MN (US);

Frank C. Murdock, Coppell, TX (US);

Inventors:

Matthew S. Solar, Indialantic, FL (US);

Kari Parmer, Plymouth, MN (US);

Philip Smith, Minneapolis, MN (US);

Frank C. Murdock, Coppell, TX (US);

Assignee:

Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

An insertion device and method of using and manufacturing an insertion device is shown, wherein the insertion device is capable of distributing a media over a large distribution volume inside a patient while reducing the amount of tissue disturbed by the procedure. Also shown is a computer-readable medium with instructions stored thereon, the instructions when executed operable to cause generation of a set of data for use with an insertion device. An insertion device and methods are shown that allows a series of iterations to be performed within a single insertion procedure that distributes media, such as cells for cell therapy, over a large volume.


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