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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 24, 2013
The Spectranetics Corporation, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
Ryan Michael Sotak, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
Kenneth P. Grace, Woodland Park, CO (US);
Robert Lyle Carver, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
George Woodrow Burton, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
Brandon Thomas Hendrick, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
THE SPECTRANETICS CORPORATION, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
Abstract
Devices, methods and systems for removing unwanted tissue from within a patient's vasculature system are provided. Specifically, a laser ablation catheter having a tip with an open, arched-shaped cross section is described. The cross section of the tip enhances the catheter's ability to ablate, separate, and/or dilate the various layers within a patient's vasculature, thereby facilitating the removal undesirable lesions and fibrous tissue within a patient's vasculature.