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US 5,626,564 AGranted
Adjustable sideholes catheter
AssigneeCreighton University
InventorsXiao X. Zhan, Patricia E. Thorpe
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Abstract
The present invention provides an adjustable sideholes catheter, comprising an inlying catheter having multiple sideholes on its distal side; and an outlying catheter having an irrigation port on its proximal side. Further described are uses for an adjustable sideholes catheter.
Claims18
An adjustable sideholes catheter, comprising
- an inlying catheter having a distal end and a proximal end wherein said distal end has multiple sideholes and wherein said distal end has at least two discrete radiopaque marks;
- an outlying catheter having a distal end and a proximal end wherein said proximal end has an irrigation port;
- wherein said outlying catheter has a slightly greater diameter than said inlying catheter, enabling said outlying and inlying catheters to be moved slidably back and forth.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.