Coronary sinus catheter

US5722963A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Daig Corporation · US

Inventors

• Keith G. Lurie · Minneapolis, US
• David G. Benditt · Edina, US
• Jeffrey J. Shultz · Robbinsdale, US
• John D. Ockuly · Minnetonka, US
• John J. Fleischhacker · Minnetonka, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 1, 1996
• Grant date: Mar 3, 1998
• Expiry date: Apr 1, 2016

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61M2025/0081
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A catheter for insertion in the ostium of the coronary sinus in the right atrium comprised of a main reinforced portion, an intermediate zone portion and a soft tip portion wherein a portion of the catheter is curved in a double curve, wherein the first curve is a first longitudinal curve, wherein the second curve is a second longitudinal curve, wherein the second longitudinal curve is curved in approximately the same direction as the first longitudinal curve and wherein the first and second longitudinal curves are generally coplanar.