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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 2022
Filed:
Feb. 19, 2020
Medtronic Vascular, Inc., Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Aram Jamous, Athenry, IE;
John Kelly, Galway, IE;
Colin William Meade, Westmeath, IE;
Micheal Moriarty, Galway, IE;
Barry O'Connell, Galway, IE;
Grainne Carroll, Galway, IE;
MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC., Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Abstract
A tissue-removing catheter for removing tissue in a body lumen includes an elongate body having an axis and proximal and distal end portions spaced apart from one another along the axis. A turbine is fixed to the elongate body and is disposed at an intermediate position between the proximal and distal end portions of the elongate body. A rotatable tissue-removing element is at the distal end portion of the elongate body and is operatively coupled to the turbine such that the turbine imparts rotation of the tissue-removing element. The tissue-removing element removes the tissue from the body lumen as the tissue-removing element is rotated by the turbine.