Patent ID: 8715240
Filing Date: 2014-05-06
Classification: A61M,A61N

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for delivering a therapeutic to a location in a body, the apparatus comprising: a hollow guide tube comprising a single lumen therethrough with distal and proximal openings, the guide tube comprising an outer diameter in a range of 0.5 to 1.2 mm; a stylet, having proximal and distal portions, disposed within the guide tube lumen, wherein the stylet distal portion extends distally from the guide tube distal opening; a catheter having a catheter lumen running from a distal opening to a proximal opening, the catheter lumen having a diameter in a range of 0.03 to 2.11 mm; and a fixed diameter loop fixedly attached only to an exterior of the catheter at a catheter distal portion, the loop releasably coupled to the stylet distal portion.