Patent ID: 8696660
Filing Date: 2014-04-15
Classification: A61B,A61M

Abstract:
1. A method of handling fluid flow to or from an operative element carried by a catheter tube comprising the steps of providing a manifold body sized to fixedly fit within the catheter tube, the manifold body including a single main fixed fluid junction, multiple branch fluid junctions, and a fluid circuit formed within the manifold body to channel fluid flow between the single main fluid junction and the multiple branch fluid junctions, wherein said operative element includes a basket structure comprising at least first and second spines, each spine including a flexible body defining at least two interior first and second lumens, a first one of the interior lumens of each first and second spine including a fluid-conveying port, coupling the single main fluid junction to a fluid source or a fluid destination external to the catheter tube, coupling each of the multiple branch fluid junctions individually to said fluid-conveying port on the operative element, and mounting the manifold within the catheter tube.