Invention Grant
- Patent Title: System, device, and method for interrupted dual action (sanding and cutting) forces with continual maceration and aspiration
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Application No.: US16665726Application Date: 2019-10-28
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Publication No.: US11406419B2Publication Date: 2022-08-09
- Inventor: Victor L. Schoenle , Joseph P. Higgins
- Applicant: Cardiovascular Systems, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US MN St. Paul
- Assignee: Cardiovascular Systems, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Cardiovascular Systems, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US MN St. Paul
- Agency: Barnes & Thornburg LLP
- Agent Jeffrey R. Stone
- Main IPC: A61B17/3207
- IPC: A61B17/3207 ; A61B17/22 ; A61B17/00

Abstract:
A rotational atherectomy device includes a drive shaft, a cutter mechanism coupled to the drive shaft and configured to cut occlusive material from a lesion, and a multi-stage macerator coupled to the drive shaft and configured to macerate cut occlusive material into a fine slurry. Successive stages of the multi-stage macerator macerate the cut occlusive material into successively smaller particles, which are moved proximally through a lumen of a sheath of the device that surrounds the drive shaft proximal to the macerator. The device may include a movable cutter mechanism guard that is passively rotatable between a first position in which it covers the cutter mechanism and a second position in which it exposes the cutter mechanism. One or more features of the device may limit a depth to which the cutter mechanism is able to cut the occlusive material to reduce a likelihood of undesirable tissue dissection.
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