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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 14, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 26, 2015
Applicant:
Medtronic Cryocath Lp, Toronto, CA;
Inventors:
Jean-Pierre Lalonde, Candiac, CA;
Marwan Abboud, Pierrefonds, CA;
Teresa Ann Mihalik, Montreal, CA;
Jean-Pierre Desmarais, Saint-Lazare, CA;
Dan Wittenberger, L'lle Bizard, CA;
Assignee:
Medtronic CryoCath LP, Toronto, Ontario, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 18/02 (2006.01); A61B 17/22 (2006.01); A61B 18/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 18/02 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00318 (2013.01); A61B 2017/22038 (2013.01); A61B 2017/22051 (2013.01); A61B 2018/0022 (2013.01); A61B 2018/0212 (2013.01); A61B 2018/0262 (2013.01);
Abstract
A medical device includes a steering element defining a passage for a guide wire. A fluid injection tube defining a proximal and a distal end is also included, wherein a portion of the fluid injection tube is contoured about a portion of the steering element. A plurality of injection ports may be disposed in the portion of the fluid injection tube contoured about the steering element.