Catheter drive apparatus having fluid delivery bearing
US5049124A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 27, 1991 |
| Grant date | Sep 17, 1991 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 27, 2011 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61B17/320758
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A catheter having a distal working head carried by a tubular sheath. A bearing fixed to the tubular sheath forms fluid delivery passageways in fluid communications with the center of the sheath. The fluid delivery passageways open into a vessel via radially extending ports that open out into the vessel through an end face of the bearing.
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