Patent ID: 6306074
Filing Date: 2001-10-23
Classification: A61M,A61N

Abstract:
An apparatus for transferring treatment elements to a catheter for delivery to and retrieval from a treatment site within the intraluminal passageways of a body, the treatment elements being transported by a fluid whose source is external to the transfer apparatus, the transfer apparatus comprising;an external housing having first and second fluid passageways therethrough;an interior housing that holds the treatment elements and having a passage way coextensive with a portion of said first fluid passageway;a first fluid control switch upstream of the internal housing to selectively permit or prevent fluid from entering said first and second fluid passageway; anda second fluid control switch downstream of said internal housing to selectively permit or prevent fluid flow and passage of a treatment element to or from said catheter, said second control switch being operable only when said catheter is connected to said transfer apparatus.