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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 19, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 20, 2003
J. Christopher Flaherty, Los Altos, CA (US);
Jason B. Whitt, San Francisco, CA (US);
Patrick E. Macaulay, San Jose, CA (US);
David R. Tholfsen, San Francisco, CA (US);
John T. Garibotto, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Philip C. Evard, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Joshua Makower, Los Alto, CA (US);
J. Christopher Flaherty, Los Altos, CA (US);
Jason B. Whitt, San Francisco, CA (US);
Patrick E. Macaulay, San Jose, CA (US);
David R. Tholfsen, San Francisco, CA (US);
John T. Garibotto, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Philip C. Evard, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Joshua Makower, Los Alto, CA (US);
Medtronic Vascular, Inc., Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Abstract
A system of catheter devices and methods for forming channels or passageways between a luminal anatomical structure (e.g., a blood vessel) and a target location (e.g., another blood vessel, an organ, a mass of tissue, etc.) for the purpose of rerouting blood flow or for delivering a substance or instrument, etc. to the target location.