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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 13, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 29, 2002
Jaime Landman, St. Louis, MO (US);
Ralph V. Clayman, Irvine, CA (US);
Richard C Ewers, Fullerton, CA (US);
Jaime Landman, St. Louis, MO (US);
Ralph V. Clayman, Irvine, CA (US);
Richard C Ewers, Fullerton, CA (US);
Applied Medical Resources Corporation, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA (US);
Abstract
A high-flow low-pressure irrigation system for directing a fluid to and recovering the fluid from an area within a body, the irrigation system comprising a sheath defining a sheath lumen and a flexible catheter disposed in and through the sheath lumen. The catheter defines a catheter lumen and comprises a plurality of apertures at a distal portion that curls in a pigtail configuration. The fluid is directed and outputted to the body area through the catheter lumen and the apertures, and the outputted fluid is recovered and returned through the sheath lumen.