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US 2004/0073158 A1Published application
Guide catheter
AssigneeMedtronic, Inc.
InventorsSonar Shah, Johnson E. Goode, James F. Kelley, Mark D. Schneider, Jeff Jannicke
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Abstract
An elongated sheath of a guide catheter includes a fully radiopaque and echogenic distal tip having a length greater than approximately 0.08 inch.
Claims99
A guide catheter comprising an elongated sheath including a fully radiopaque and echogenic distal tip, the distal tip having a length greater than or equal to approximately 0.08 inch.
A guide catheter, comprising:
- an outer sheath;
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- an inner sheath slideably engaged within the outer sheath and including a fully radiopaque distal tip having a length greater than or equal to approximately 0.2 inch;
- wherein the inner sheath engaged within the outer sheath may be positioned such that the radiopaque distal tip protrudes from a distal end of the outer sheath.
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A method for positioning a guide catheter within a body in order to deliver a medical device or agent, comprising:
- advancing an inner sheath of the guide catheter through an outer sheath of the guide catheter such that distal tip of the inner sheath extends distally from a distal end of the outer sheath;
- wherein the distal tip of the inner sheath is fully radiopaque.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.