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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 04, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2013
Avinger, Inc., Redwood City, CA (US);
John B. Simpson, Woodside, CA (US);
Priyanshu Gupta, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Michael Zung, San Carlos, CA (US);
Wendy N. Lam, San Jose, CA (US);
Maegan K. Spencer, Emerald Hills, CA (US);
Peter H. Smith, Pacifica, CA (US);
Stephen C. Davies, El Dorado Hills, CA (US);
Nicholas J. Spinelli, San Mateo, CA (US);
Charles W. McNall, Cottonwood Heights, UT (US);
Theodore W. Ketai, San Francisco, CA (US);
Manish Kankaria, Fremont, CA (US);
Mark W. Askew, San Francisco, CA (US);
Kent C. B. Stalker, San Marcos, CA (US);
Avinger, Inc., Redwood City, CA (US);
Abstract
An atherectomy catheter includes an elongate flexible catheter body, a cutter near the distal end of the catheter body, a drive shaft connected to the cutter and extending within the catheter body, an imaging element near the distal end of the catheter body and an imaging shaft connected to the imaging element and extending within the catheter body. The cutter and the imaging element are mechanically isolated, and the drive shaft is configured to be axially translated relative to the imaging shaft and the catheter body.