SIDNEY L KAHN, IV
Medical Practice at Eaglebrook Dr, Somers, CT

License number
Florida 104332
Issued Date
Apr 24, 2009
Effective Date
Feb 13, 2015
Expiration Date
Jan 31, 2013
Category
Health Care
Type
Medical Doctor
Address
Address 2
68 Eaglebrook Dr, Somers, CT 06071
5301 S Congress Ave, Lake Worth, FL 33462
Phone
(561) 312-9264

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Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt Device

US Patent:
2013024, Sep 19, 2013
Filed:
May 10, 2013
Appl. No.:
13/891585
Inventors:
Sidney Lowell Kahn - Somers CT, US
Brent Seybold - Santa Clara CA, US
International Classification:
A61M 27/00
US Classification:
604 8
Abstract:
An apparatus method for establishing a Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt between the portal vein from a hepatic vein. The apparatus comprises an elongated hollow outer guide; an outer handle having an inner lumen and a first luer lock, the outer handle attached at a proximal end of the outer guide, the outer guide in flow communication with the inner lumen and the first luer lock; an elongated hollow inner needle; and a hub having a second luer lock, the hub attached at a proximal end of the inner needle, the inner needle in flow communication with the second luer lock. The inner needle is slidingly received into the outer guide through the inner lumen. The inner needle rotates within the outer guide by manipulation of the hub; and a distal tip of the inner needle is deployed out of and beyond a distal tip of the outer guide.