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Catheter drive apparatus having fluid delivery bearing

US5049124A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMar 27, 1991
Grant dateSep 17, 1991
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Expiry dateMar 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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