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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 10, 2021
Filed:
Jan. 25, 2018
Applicant:
Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/221 (2006.01); A61F 2/01 (2006.01); A61B 17/22 (2006.01); A61B 17/32 (2006.01); A61B 17/3207 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/013 (2013.01); A61B 17/221 (2013.01); A61B 17/320758 (2013.01); A61B 2017/22002 (2013.01); A61B 2017/2212 (2013.01); A61B 2017/320004 (2013.01); A61F 2002/016 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0098 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method is disclosed for collecting substances inside a living body lumen using a medical device having an elongated shaft, a filter portion, and a support portion. The method includes inserting the medical device into the living body lumen; inserting an atherectomy device through the elongated shaft of the medical device; scraping a substance with the atherectomy device; collecting the substance using the filter portion of the medical device; and aspirating the substance by an aspiration catheter while the aspiration catheter is moved forward and rearward relative to the filter portion inside the filter portion.