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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 06, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 16, 2014
Applicant:
St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc., St. Paul, MN (US);
Inventors:
Brian K. Wells, La Grange, KY (US);
John Miser, Crestwood, KY (US);
Gregory R. Furnish, Louisville, KY (US);
Tracee Eidenschink, Wayzata, MN (US);
Assignee:
St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc., St. Paul, MN (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/34 (2006.01); A61F 2/24 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/2427 (2013.01); A61B 17/3417 (2013.01); A61B 17/3462 (2013.01); A61B 17/3498 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00247 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00907 (2013.01); A61B 2017/3441 (2013.01); A61B 2017/3488 (2013.01);
Abstract
A transapical introducer () includes a housing () near a proximal end of the introducer, a first valve () in the housing, a proximal tube () coupled to the housing, and a distal tube () coupled to a distal end of the proximal tube.