Intracardiac drug delivery device utilizing spring-loaded mechanism
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1. An apparatus for intracardiac drug administration of a therapeutic drug comprising:
- a catheter having a distal end and a drug delivery device driveable from said distal end, said catheter including at least one position sensor which generates position sensor signals responsive to the position of said catheter within a heart, said position sensor signals being used to generate position and orientation coordinates; and
said drug delivery device including a needle and a spring-loaded mechanism operatively connected to said needle, said spring-loaded mechanism driving said needle out of said distal end of said catheter upon administering of said therapeutic drug and said spring-loaded mechanism returning said needle within said distal end of said catheter after said administering of said therapeutic drug.
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Abstract
An apparatus for intracardiac drug administration of a therapeutic drug comprises a catheter having a distal end and a drug delivery device which is driveable from the distal end. The drug delivery device includes a needle and a spring-loaded mechanism operatively connected to the needle. The spring-loaded mechanism drives the needle out of the distal end of the catheter upon administering of the therapeutic drug. The spring-loaded mechanism returns the needle within the distal end of the catheter after the administering of the therapeutic drug.
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1. An apparatus for intracardiac drug administration of a therapeutic drug comprising:
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a catheter having a distal end and a drug delivery device driveable from said distal end, said catheter including at least one position sensor which generates position sensor signals responsive to the position of said catheter within a heart, said position sensor signals being used to generate position and orientation coordinates; and
said drug delivery device including a needle and a spring-loaded mechanism operatively connected to said needle, said spring-loaded mechanism driving said needle out of said distal end of said catheter upon administering of said therapeutic drug and said spring-loaded mechanism returning said needle within said distal end of said catheter after said administering of said therapeutic drug. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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