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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 05, 2024
Filed:
Apr. 19, 2018
C.r. Bard, Inc., Tempe, AZ (US);
Matt Casiraro, Tempe, AZ (US);
Katherine Huffer, Chandler, AZ (US);
Chad Van Liere, Phoenix, AZ (US);
C.R. Bard, Inc., Franklin Lakes, NJ (US);
Abstract
A catheter for actively scoring or slicing a lesion. A catheter body includes first and second lateral openings. A selectively deployable cutter is connected to the catheter body. The cutter has a retracted configuration in which it does not perform a slicing or scoring function, such as while tracking through the vasculature, and a deployed configuration for slicing or scoring an obstruction. The cutter may include a plurality of retractable blades, such that when deployed, each blade projects in a different direction, such as from one of the lateral openings. Related methods are also disclosed.