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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2010
Applicants:
Ayumu Takagi, Shizuoka, JP;
Hiroyoshi Ise, Shizuoka, JP;
Daisuke Nakashima, Shizuoka, JP;
Tetsuya Fukuoka, Shizuoka, JP;
Inventors:
Ayumu Takagi, Shizuoka, JP;
Hiroyoshi Ise, Shizuoka, JP;
Daisuke Nakashima, Shizuoka, JP;
Tetsuya Fukuoka, Shizuoka, JP;
Assignee:
Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 25/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Disclosed herein is a catheter for a left coronary artery having a distal end for being introduced into an opening of the left coronary artery from an artery of an arm. The catheter can include a catheter main body including a main body portion of a substantially linear shape in a natural state thereof and a curved portion extending from the main body portion to form a portion that extends to the distal end and has a curved shape in a natural state thereof.