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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 19, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2006
Applicants:
James J. Frassica, Chelmsford, MA (US);
Robert E. Ailinger, Norwood, MA (US);
Richard M. Andrews, Lincoln, RI (US);
Inventors:
James J. Frassica, Chelmsford, MA (US);
Robert E. Ailinger, Norwood, MA (US);
Richard M. Andrews, Lincoln, RI (US);
Assignee:
Olympus Endo Technology America Inc., Southborough, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 27/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A system of rotate-to-advance medical devices including catheters, dilators, occluders, stents, suprapubic catheters and camera introducers configured with external screw threads and depending substantially on rotation for means of advancement and emplacement in mammalian genitourinary and gastrointestinal passages and organs.