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(12) United States Patent ao) Patent No.: us 6,287,267 Bi
Brenneman et al. (45) Date of Patent: Sep. 11,2001
(54) CARDIAC MASSAGE APPARATUS AND
METHOD
(75) Inventors: Rodney A. Brenneman, San Juan
Capistrano; Jay A. Lenker, Laguna
Beach; Donald Kolehmalnen, Orange;
Minh Tran, Fountain Valley, all of CA
(US)
(73) Assignee: Theracardia, Inc., San Clemente, CA
(US)
( * ) Notice: Subject to any disclaimer, the term of this patent is extended or adjusted under 35 U.S.C. 154(b) by 0 days.
(21) Appl. No.: 09/356,064
(22) Filed: Jul. 19, 1999
Related U.S. Application Data
(63) Continuation-in-part of application No. 09/087,665, filed on
May 29, 1998, now Pat. No. 6,200,280. (60) Provisional application No. 60/111,934, filed on Dec. 11,
1998.