Two-staged venous cannula with expandable reinforcing member
CA 2258046 A1 · Owner: Medtronic, Inc. · Inventors: Jonkman, Kenneth R.
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A two-staged venous cannula is disclosed. The cannula includes an expandable reinforcing member around the atrial basket that prevents the cannula from kinking or collapsing in the area where the reinforcing member is applied. The reinforcing member preferably consists of an even number of rigid discrete beams of the same length equally spaced about the circumference of a cylinder. In an alternate embodiment, the beams may be equally spaced on the surface of a cone. Alternate spaces between the beams are formed. The alternate spaces between the beams are equally spaced around the circumference of the cannula. The alternate spaces between the beams remain equally spaced around the …
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- Filed June 11, 1997. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended June 11, 2017.
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