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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 15, 2012
Applicants:
Jesus Magana, Redwood City, CA (US);
Paul Consigny, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Jesus Magana, Redwood City, CA (US);
Paul Consigny, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
ABBOTT CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS INC., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 31/00 (2006.01); A61M 25/01 (2006.01); A61M 25/04 (2006.01); A61M 25/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 25/0147 (2013.01); A61M 2025/009 (2013.01); A61M 25/04 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system and method for treating a patient including advancing a catheter into the vasculature of the patient, forcing the catheter to adopt a position in contact with a vessel wall, and causing a needle tip to advance into the wall from a lumen in the catheter external surface that is in contact with the wall.