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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 16, 2013
Filed:
May. 17, 2005
Applicant:
Jonathan C. Sell, Eagan, MN (US);
Inventor:
Jonathan C. Sell, Eagan, MN (US);
Assignee:
Stereotaxis, Inc., St. Louis, MO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 31/00 (2006.01); A61M 37/00 (2006.01); A61M 25/098 (2006.01); A61F 2/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A balloon catheter comprising an elongate tube having a proximal end and a distal end, and a lumen therebetween, and a balloon at the distal end of the tube, in fluid communication with the lumen. A magnetically responsive element at the distal end of the device sized and shaped to orient the distal end of the device in an operating region in a subject upon the application of a magnetic field from an external source magnet.