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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 05, 2022
Filed:
Sep. 07, 2018
Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Yuki Masubuchi, Cupertino, CA (US);
Masaomi Imai, Kofu, JP;
Takashi Kitaoka, San Jose, CA (US);
Takahiro Chida, Cupertino, CA (US);
Kazuaki Kanamoto, Hadano, JP;
Yukitoshi Kato, Hadano, JP;
TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A medical device for crushing an object in a body lumen, the medical device including: an elongated shaft portion rotatably driven; a crushing unit provided with bendable wire rods and rotatable together with the shaft portion; and a sliding unit fixed to each of end portion of the wire rods on at least one of a distal side of and a proximal side of the wire rods and is interlocked with the shaft portion so as to be slidable in an axial direction of the shaft portion. The shaft portion is provided with contact portions that come into contact with the sliding unit during rotation and limit relative rotation of the shaft portion and the sliding unit. After the sliding unit is attached to the contact portions, the sliding unit rotates in the same direction as the shaft portion along with the rotation of the shaft portion.