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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 17, 2017
Applicant:
Cardiovascular Systems, Inc., St. Paul, MN (US);
Inventors:
Joseph P. Higgins, Minnetonka, MN (US);
Jeffrey R. Stone, Minnetonka, MN (US);
Assignee:
Cardiovascular Systems, Inc., St. Paul, MN (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/3207 (2006.01); A61B 17/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/320758 (2013.01); A61B 2017/320004 (2013.01); A61B 2017/320766 (2013.01);
Abstract
A rotational medical device comprising an airfoil on a rotational drive shaft to generate lift forces generally directed radially away from a rotational axis of the drive shaft, thereby enabling the drive shaft and/or a working element thereon to achieve a working diameter during rotation that is greater than the resting diameter of the drive shaft and/or a working element thereon.