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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 12, 2011
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2004
Applicants:
Alan Dextradeur, Franklin, MA (US);
Christophe Mauge, Melrose, MA (US);
Inventors:
Alan Dextradeur, Franklin, MA (US);
Christophe Mauge, Melrose, MA (US);
Assignee:
Codman & Shurtleff, Inc., Raynham, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 5/00 (2006.01); A61M 25/00 (2006.01); A61M 5/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
This invention relates to achieving or improving uniform distribution of fluid flow in medical devices such as when combined with antibiotics impregnated in a catheter and/or with a drug-eluting catheter to further inhibit the catheter from becoming occluded by debris in the CSF or by bacterial biofilm formation or tissue proliferation in the catheter.