Embolus supply system and method

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 5133731
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07612107

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An apparatus and method is provided for dispensing coil emboli one at a time in a controlled and reliable manner during surgery to embolize several blood vessels or the like in a body. The apparatus includes a magazine that is movable within a dispenser housing to position each of the embolus cartridges contained in the magazine one at a time at a dispensing station on command. A stream of pressurized fluid is injected or a guide wire is inserted into the embolus cartridge held in the dispensing station to dislodge an embolus contained therein and discharge it into an embolus-delivery catheter coupled to the dispenser housing. Afterwards, the magazine is moved within the dispenser housing to remove the just-emptied embolus cartridge from the dispensing station and load a fresh embolus cartridge into the dispensing station.

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CATHETER RESEARCH INC A CORP OF IN6131 WEST 80TH STREET INDIANAPOLIS IN 46278

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Butler, James R Ingleside, IL 209 2443
McCoy, William C Zionsville, IN 14 3007
Miller, Arnold Chestnut Hill, MA 42 2662

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