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Transvascular TMR device and method

US6042581A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateNov 8, 1996
Grant dateMar 28, 2000
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Expiry dateNov 8, 2016

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  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61B2218/007
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A catheter assembly for performing transmyocardial revascularization through the coronary arteries or veins, and a method of using this assembly for creating TMR channels through the myocardium coronary artery shunts through the myocardium.

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