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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 13, 2011
Filed:
Jan. 08, 2008
Applicants:
Lucas S. Gordon, Vashon, WA (US);
Mark L. Mathis, Fremont, CA (US);
Gregory Nieminen, Bothell, WA (US);
Inventors:
Lucas S. Gordon, Vashon, WA (US);
Mark L. Mathis, Fremont, CA (US);
Gregory Nieminen, Bothell, WA (US);
Assignee:
Cardiac Dimensions, Inc., Kirkland, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A system for selectively deploying a medical device includes a cartridge that is engageable with a proximal end of a delivery catheter that is routed to a desired location in a patient's body. An advancement mechanism is provided for advancing the medical device out of the cartridge and into the delivery catheter for deploying the medical device at the desired location in the patient's body.