Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Guidewire positioning catheter
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Application No.: US17443398Application Date: 2021-07-26
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Publication No.: US11998311B2Publication Date: 2024-06-04
- Inventor: Himanshu N. Patel , John B. Simpson
- Applicant: Avinger, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Redwood City
- Assignee: Avinger, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Avinger, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Redwood City
- Agency: Shay Glenn LLP
- Main IPC: A61B5/06
- IPC: A61B5/06 ; A61B17/3207 ; A61M25/01 ; A61B17/00 ; A61B17/22

Abstract:
A catheter for positioning a guidewire across an occluded portion of a vessel includes an elongate catheter body, an integrated rotatable distal tip, a proximal handle region, and a catheter lumen extending through the elongate catheter body. The elongate body has a distal region configured to be bent to a set angle. The integrated rotatable distal tip includes one or more channeled flutes extending around the distal tip that are configured to be rotated in a first direction to dissect tissue and a second direction for bluntly contacting tissue. A proximal handle region includes a control for rotating the distal tip in either the first or second directions. The catheter lumen is configured to pass a guidewire.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210345903A1 GUIDEWIRE POSITIONING CATHETER Public/Granted day:2021-11-11
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