Claims
- 1. A catheter for the uniform delivery of fluid throughout an anatomical region, comprising an elongated tube having a plurality of exit slots in side walls of said tube, said slots being provided along a length of said tube defining an infusion section of said catheter, said slots being oriented generally parallel to the longitudinal axis of said tube, said tube being configured so that a fluid flowing therein will flow through substantially all of said exit slots at a substantially equal rate.
- 2. The catheter of claim 1, wherein said slots increase in length from the proximal to the distal ends of said infusion section.
RELATED CASES
[0001] This application is related to, and claims priority from, U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/363,228 filed Jul. 19, 1999, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,350,253, issued Feb. 26, 2002; PCT Application No. PCT/US00/19746 filed Jul. 19, 2000; and U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/031,913 filed Jan. 18, 2002, the entireties of which are expressly incorporated by reference.