In advance of the Monday release of his book, Steve Jobs: A Biography, Isaacson told the CBS News program  60 Minutes  that Jobs said he initially felt the surgery would be too invasive.
The HandiHaler device is an inhalation device used to inhale the dry powder contained in the SPIRIVA capsule. The dry powder is delivered from the HandiHaler device at flow rates as low as 20 L/min. Under standardized in vitro testing, the HandiHaler device delivers a mean of 10.4 mcg tiotropium when tested at a flow rate of 39 L/min for 3.1 seconds (2L total).
The present invention is a tunneling device for vascular tunneling procedures. The invention includes a tunneling device and a tunneling tip. The tunneling device includes a tissue-separating source of energy at the tunneling tip. The preferred source of energy is ultrasonic movement at the distal tip of the tunneler.