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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2022
Filed:
Jul. 18, 2018
Vessix Vascular, Inc., Laguna Hills, CA (US);
Corbett W. Stone, San Diego, CA (US);
Michael F. Hoey, Shoreview, MN (US);
Thomas A. Steinke, Hollywood, FL (US);
Raphael M. Michel, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Arthur G. Blanck, Ramona, CA (US);
Marlene Kay Truesdale, Green Bay, WI (US);
Bret Herscher, Cupertino, CA (US);
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Abstract
A catheter and catheter system can use energy tailored for remodeling and/or removal of target material along a body lumen, often of atherosclerotic material of a blood vessel of a patient. An elongate flexible catheter body with a radially expandable structure may have a plurality of electrodes or other electrosurgical energy delivery surfaces to radially engage atherosclerotic material when the structure expands. An atherosclerotic material detector system may measure and/or characterize the atherosclerotic material and its location, optionally using impedance monitoring.