Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Tissue-removing catheter
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Application No.: US17089926Application Date: 2020-11-05
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Publication No.: US11690645B2Publication Date: 2023-07-04
- Inventor: Matthew Fleming , Aram Jamous , John Kelly , Conor McMullen , Colin William Meade , Grainne Teresa Carroll
- Applicant: Medtronic Vascular, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Santa Rosa
- Assignee: MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
- Current Assignee: MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Santa Rosa
- Agency: Stinson LLP
- The original application number of the division: US15970757 2018.05.03
- Main IPC: A61B17/3207
- IPC: A61B17/3207 ; A61B17/3205 ; A61M25/00 ; A61B17/00 ; A61B17/32 ; A61B17/22 ; A61B90/00 ; A61M25/01

Abstract:
A method of removing tissue in a body lumen includes advancing a tissue-removing catheter over a guidewire in the body lumen to position a distal end of the catheter adjacent the tissue and a proximal end portion of the catheter outside of the body lumen. The catheter includes an elongate body, a tissue removing element mounted on a distal end portion of the elongate body, and an inner liner disposed within the elongate body. The inner liner defines a guidewire lumen in which the guidewire is disposed during the advancement of the catheter. The method further includes rotating the elongate body and tissue-removing element of the catheter to remove the tissue. Detecting wear of the inner liner caused by the elongate body contacting the inner liner during use.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210052294A1 TISSUE-REMOVING CATHETER Public/Granted day:2021-02-25
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