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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 28, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 14, 2004
Michael R. Neidert, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Kenneth C. Gardeski, Plymouth, MN (US);
David F. Quinn, Galway, IE;
Russell J. Redmond, Goleta, CA (US);
Michael Collinson, Goleta, CA (US);
Claude A. Vidal, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Michael R. Neidert, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Kenneth C. Gardeski, Plymouth, MN (US);
David F. Quinn, Galway, IE;
Russell J. Redmond, Goleta, CA (US);
Michael Collinson, Goleta, CA (US);
Claude A. Vidal, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Abstract
A medical injection system includes an elongate injection apparatus and an actuator apparatus. The actuator apparatus includes a fitting for coupling the actuator apparatus to a delivery catheter and a reversible gripping means to grip the injection apparatus; the gripping means is included in a plunger that is slideably engaged with the fitting and directs the injection apparatus through a fitting lumen and through a catheter lumen, when the fitting is coupled to the catheter.