Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Offset catheter
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Application No.: US15230148Application Date: 2016-08-05
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Publication No.: US09931166B2Publication Date: 2018-04-03
- Inventor: Dennis M. Sauro , William T. Fisher
- Applicant: The Spectranetics Corporation
- Applicant Address: US CO Colorado Springs
- Assignee: The Spectranetics Corporation
- Current Assignee: The Spectranetics Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US CO Colorado Springs
- Agency: Faegre Baker Daniels LLP
- Main IPC: A61B18/20
- IPC: A61B18/20 ; A61B18/24 ; A61M25/00 ; A61B17/3207 ; A61M25/09 ; A61B18/22

Abstract:
Various embodiments of an offset catheter are provided. In some embodiments, an offset catheter includes a guidewire tube and a catheter coupled with an elastic and/or compressible rib. The compressible rib provides an offset or separation between the catheter and the guidewire tube in its resting state. The rib has an initial resting state, but may be forced into a compressed state. When released from the compressed state, the rib returns to its resting state. An offset catheter may be compressed and slid through a sheath. When the offset catheter emerges from the sheath, the distal tip will return to its resting state providing an operation offset.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160338775A1 OFFSET CATHETER Public/Granted day:2016-11-24
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