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Transvascular TMR device and method

US6565555B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateApr 25, 2000
Grant dateMay 20, 2003
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Expiry dateApr 25, 2020

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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 and a device and method for injecting therapeutic agents into TMR channels interoperatively, together with a number of therapeutic agents.

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