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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 15, 2013
Applicant:
Medtronic Vascular, Inc., Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Inventors:
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 Altos, CA (US);
Assignee:
Medtronic Vascular, Inc., Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 25/01 (2006.01); A61B 17/3207 (2006.01); A61B 17/22 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 19/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 25/0108 (2013.01); A61B 17/22 (2013.01); A61B 17/3207 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00252 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00455 (2013.01); A61B 2017/22077 (2013.01); A61B 2019/528 (2013.01); A61B 2019/5425 (2013.01);
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.