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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 28, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 06, 2005
Peter J. Fitzgerald, Portola Valley, CA (US);
Brian K. Courtney, Toronto, CA;
Ali Hassan, Mountain View, CA (US);
Peter J. Fitzgerald, Portola Valley, CA (US);
Brian K. Courtney, Toronto, CA;
Ali Hassan, Mountain View, CA (US);
Flea Street Translational, LLC, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods, systems and devices for establishing communication between organs and/or tissue lumens. The devices include catheters having magnetized distal ends which are configured to magnetically couple to each other such that a coaxial alignment is established between two or more catheters. The systems include two or more the subject catheters. The methods include use of the catheters and magnetically coupling them to establish a continuous passageway between them.