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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 10, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 20, 2007
Gregory Waimong Chan, Mountain View, CA (US);
Fernando Gonzalez, Campbell, CA (US);
Thuhuong Thi Phan, Milpitas, CA (US);
Dwight A. Ambat, Fremont, CA (US);
Manolo Lumauig, San Jose, CA (US);
Mina W. Chow, Campbell, CA (US);
Gregory Waimong Chan, Mountain View, CA (US);
Fernando Gonzalez, Campbell, CA (US);
Thuhuong Thi Phan, Milpitas, CA (US);
Dwight A. Ambat, Fremont, CA (US);
Manolo Lumauig, San Jose, CA (US);
Mina W. Chow, Campbell, CA (US);
Advanced Cardiovascular Systems, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
An apparatus including an expandable body; at least one delivery cannula coupled to an exterior portion of the expandable body; a needle having a protuberance thereon disposed in a lumen of the at least one delivery cannula; a stop disposed in the lumen of the at least one delivery cannula at a position distal to the protuberance on the needle. A method including positioning a catheter assembly including at least one needle delivery device disposed in an at least one delivery cannula, the at least one delivery cannula having an exit end; modifying the shape of the catheter assembly to modify the orientation of the exit end of the at least one delivery cannula at a region of interest; and advancing the at least one needle delivery device beyond the exit end of the at least one delivery cannula according to a controlled orientation.