Delivery catheter for electrolytically detachable implant
CA 2175100 C · Owner: Target Therapeutics, Inc. · Inventors: Mills, Timothy
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The invention involves a catheter for introducing a delivery member such as a guidewire having an implant coupled thereto via an electrolytically disintegratable link that is coupled to the anode of a power supply having an anode and a cathode. The catheter comprises an elongated tubular member having an outer surface proximal and distal, end portions, a lumen extending between those portions an, electrode and a conductor. The electrode is disposed within the outer surface of the tubular member in the vicinity of the distal end portion and has a surface that faces and communicates with the lumen. The electrode is electrically coupled to the conductor which, in turn is adapted for, coupling …
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- Filed April 26, 1996 and granted April 3, 2001. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 26, 2016.
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