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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 24, 2021
Filed:
Jun. 13, 2016
Applicant:
Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Tomonori Hatta, Cupertino, CA (US);
Junichi Kobayashi, Cupertino, CA (US);
Taiga Nakano, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/3207 (2006.01); A61F 2/01 (2006.01); A61B 17/221 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/320725 (2013.01); A61B 17/320758 (2013.01); A61F 2/013 (2013.01); A61B 17/221 (2013.01); A61B 2017/2212 (2013.01); A61B 2017/320716 (2013.01); A61B 2017/320733 (2013.01); A61F 2002/016 (2013.01); A61F 2002/018 (2013.01);
Abstract
A treatment method and medical device are disclosed for cutting a substance inside a body lumen. The medical device for cutting substances inside a body lumen including a rotatable tubular drive shaft; an expanding part connected to a distal side of the drive shaft; a cutting part covering the expanding part; and an elongated tube extending through the drive shaft and connected to the expanding part, wherein a distal end of the expanding part is placed distal to a distal end of the cutting part.