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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 28, 2011
Ethan G. Sherman, Jacksonville, FL (US);
David J. Little, Ponte Vedra, FL (US);
Wei Chen, St. Johns, FL (US);
John R. Prisco, Jacksonville, FL (US);
Matthew J. Friend, St. Augustine, FL (US);
Matthew F. Myntti, St. Augustine, FL (US);
Tom Zelmer, Raleigh, NC (US);
Cyan Godfrey, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Roy Attride, Raleigh, NC (US);
Ethan G. Sherman, Jacksonville, FL (US);
David J. Little, Ponte Vedra, FL (US);
Wei Chen, St. Johns, FL (US);
John R. Prisco, Jacksonville, FL (US);
Matthew J. Friend, St. Augustine, FL (US);
Matthew F. Myntti, St. Augustine, FL (US);
Tom Zelmer, Raleigh, NC (US);
Cyan Godfrey, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Roy Attride, Raleigh, NC (US);
Medtronic Xomed, Inc., Jacksonville, FL (US);
Abstract
A malleable cannula having multiple lumens, constrained at the proximal end portion to provide rigidity and malleable at the distal end portion. The cannula has a combination of flexibility and stiffness that assists in accessing body passageways without kinking.