- Patent Title: Methods for preparing a zone of attention within a vascular system for subsequent angioplasty with an intravascular catheter device having an expandable incising portion and an integrated embolic protection device
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Application No.: US15200767Application Date: 2016-07-01
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Publication No.: US11413062B2Publication Date: 2022-08-16
- Inventor: John P. Pigott
- Applicant: John P. Pigott
- Applicant Address: US OH Sylvania
- Assignee: John P. Pigott
- Current Assignee: John P. Pigott
- Current Assignee Address: US OH Sylvania
- Agency: Standley Law Group LLP
- Agent Adam J. Smith; Jeffrey S. Standley
- Main IPC: A61B17/3207
- IPC: A61B17/3207 ; A61B17/3209 ; A61B17/00

Abstract:
An intravascular device is provided having a catheter tube and an expandable portion including a plurality of struts capable of being moved between an open and a closed position. An incising element is provided on at least one of the struts and has a sharpened edge for creating an incision in atherosclerotic material located within a blood vessel when the expandable portion is in the opened position. An embolic protection device may be integrated with some or all of the expandable portion.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160310163A1 INTRAVASCULAR CATHETER HAVING AN EXPANDABLE INCISING PORTION AND EMBOLIC PROTECTION DEVICE Public/Granted day:2016-10-27
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