Patent ID: 7270655
Filing Date: 2007-09-18
Classification: A61M

Abstract:
1. An autologous material delivery apparatus for providing medical treatment to a patient using treatment material from the patient, said apparatus comprising: a harvest catheter having a first harvest end and a second harvest end, said first harvest end being disposed in material receiving relation to a predetermined material donor site of the patient; a pump having a harvest port and a delivery port in fluid communication with and downstream from said harvest port, said harvest port being operatively connected to said second harvest end of said harvest catheter, whereby the treatment material from the patient's material donor site is configured to enter said pump; and a delivery catheter having a first delivery end and a second delivery end, said first delivery end being operatively connected to said delivery port and said second delivery end being disposed in treatment material delivering relation to a predetermined material treatment site of the patient, whereby the treatment material from the patient's material donor site is delivered to the patient's predetermined material treatment site, said harvest catheter, said pump, and said delivery catheter being disposed within the body of the patient, whereby the material from the material donor site is configured to be delivered to the material treatment site.