Catheter with trans-luminal electrical conductor
CA 1160933 A · Owner: American Hospital Supply Corporation · Inventors: Lieber, Clement E.; Estes, Michael S.; Cooper, Robert P.
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Abstract, A catheter having at least two separate lumens one containing a gas required in connection with the operation of a pressure responsive element adjacent the catheter's distal end and the other for conveying liquid to and from a port spaced proximally from the pressure responsive element. The two lumens are separated by a longitudinal septum and combine to perform a third function -- that of enclosing an electrical conductor which extends through that portion of the gas-containing lumen proximal to the port and through that portion of the liquid-conveying lumen beyond the port. The conductor switches from one lumen to the other through a sealed aperture in the septum. A method of …
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- Granted January 24, 1984. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended January 24, 2001.
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