Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Delivery of biological compounds to ischemic and/or infarcted tissue
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Application No.: US15130416Application Date: 2016-04-15
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Publication No.: US10463237B2Publication Date: 2019-11-05
- Inventor: Vahid Saadat , Sekhar S. Rao
- Applicant: Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Sunnyvale
- Assignee: INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC.
- Current Assignee: INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Sunnyvale
- Agency: Haynes and Boone, LLP
- Main IPC: A61B1/00
- IPC: A61B1/00 ; A61B1/05 ; A61B1/12 ; A61B5/00 ; A61B1/015 ; A61M25/00

Abstract:
A method comprises steering a deployment catheter to locate a distal end of the deployment catheter at a position within a patient anatomy. The method further includes articulating a delivery catheter extending through and from the distal end of the deployment catheter while the distal end of the deployment remains at the position and deploying an instrument through the delivery catheter.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160227989A1 Delivery Of Biological Compounds To Ischemic And/Or Infarcted Tissue Public/Granted day:2016-08-11
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