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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 25, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 30, 2016
Israel Schur, Teaneck, NJ (US);
Rex Medical, L.p., Conshohocken, PA (US);
Israel Schur, Teaneck, NJ (US);
James F. McGuckin, Jr., Radnor, PA (US);
James Erich Bressler, Langhorne, PA (US);
Rex Medical, L.P., Conshohocken, PA (US);
Abstract
A method of treating a lesion in a body lumen to enlarge a passageway in the lumen including inserting a cutting member and tracking member through a first lumen of a catheter, withdrawing the catheter from the cutting member and tracking member, inserting the catheter over the tracking member and leaving the cutting member outside the catheter, and expanding a portion of the catheter to move the cutting member into cutting contact with the lesion. A device for treating a lesion in a body lumen including a cutting member and tracking member is also provided.