Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Cutting wire assembly for use with a catheter
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Application No.: US15462843Application Date: 2017-03-18
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Publication No.: US10548627B2Publication Date: 2020-02-04
- Inventor: Israel Schur , James F. McGuckin, Jr. , James Erich Bressler
- Applicant: Israel Schur , Rex Medical, L.P.
- Applicant Address: US PA Conshohocken
- Assignee: Rex Medical, L.P.
- Current Assignee: Rex Medical, L.P.
- Current Assignee Address: US PA Conshohocken
- Agent Neil D. Gershon
- Main IPC: A61B17/3207
- IPC: A61B17/3207 ; A61B17/22

Abstract:
A method of treating a lesion in a body lumen to enlarge a passageway in the lumen including inserting a plurality of cutting members and a tracking member through a first lumen of a catheter, withdrawing the catheter from the cutting members and tracking member, inserting the catheter over the tracking member and leaving the cutting members outside the catheter, and expanding a portion of the catheter to move the cutting members into cutting contact with the lesion. A device for treating a lesion in a body lumen including a plurality of cutting members and a tracking member is also provided.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170189057A1 CUTTING WIRE ASSEMBLY FOR USE WITH A CATHETER Public/Granted day:2017-07-06
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