Resources Contact Us Home Browse by: INVENTOR PATENT HOLDER PATENT NUMBER DATE     Apparatus and method for the percutaneous insertion of a pediatric intra-aortic balloon catheter Image Number 3 for United States Patent #6146372. A method for percutaneously inserting an improved pediatric intra-aortic balloon. The improvement comprises a soft tip having a self occluding lumen capable of accommodating a guide wire. A removable pull tube is disposed within the self occluding lumen to prevent occlusion of the self occluding lumen. The catheter is designed without a guide wire lumen so as to be capable of rapid inflation and deflation of the balloon. The method comprises the following steps:(a)inserting an angiographic needle into the aorta;(b) passing the guide wire through the needle into the aorta;(c) removing the needle;(d) disposing the pull tube about the proximal end of the guide wire;(e) removing the pull tube from the self occluding lumen;(f) advancing the catheter into the aorta;(g) removing the guide wire from the aorta;(h) advancing the catheter up the aortic passageway to a position appropriate for pumping.       Recently Added Patents Lubricating composition containing borated phospholipid Fitness platform having a plurality of interchangeable surfaces System for electronic learning synapse with spike-timing dependent plasticity using phase change memory Floor jack extension Systems and methods for modifying code generation templates Apparatus and method for compensating Tx gain in wireless communication system Housing for the radiator blind of a motor vehicle   Randomly Featured Patents Process for bonding refractory to surfaces Device and process for data rate acquisition Air filter with a clog-detecting device Image forming apparatus and a storage controlling method for information on an improper detachment of developer cartridge to be written in a cartridge storage means Modulatged high frequency discharge lamp operating circuit with IR suppression Laser leveling device having a suction mounting arrangement Methods for tuning write strategy parameters utilizing data-to-clock edge deviations, and systems thereof Male sexual aid High speed yarn knitting apparatus Ionizer having interchangeable ionization chamber © 2006-2008 PatentGenius. All Rights Reserved.