Catheters, systems and methods for percutaneous in situ arterio-venous bypass

US6544230B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• TransVascular, Inc. · US

Inventors

• J. Christopher Flaherty · Winter Haven, US
• Jason B. Whitt · San Francisco, US
• Patrick Macaulay · Windsor, US
• David R. Tholfsen · San Francisco, US
• John T. Garibotto · Marblehead, US
• Philip C. Evard · Palo Alto, US
• Joshua Makower · Los Altos, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 31, 1999
• Grant date: Apr 8, 2003
• Expiry date: Mar 31, 2019

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61B2090/3925
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A system of catheter devices and methods for forming channels or passageways between a luminal anatomical structure (e.g., a blood vessel) and a target location (e.g., another blood vessel, an organ, a mass of tissue, etc.) for the purpose of rerouting blood flow or for delivering a substance or instrument, etc. to the target location.