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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 06, 2024
Filed:
Nov. 27, 2019
Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Kosuke Nishio, Machida, JP;
Junichi Kobayashi, Cupertino, CA (US);
Tomonori Hatta, Cupertino, CA (US);
Taiga Nakano, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A medical device is disclosed for grinding substance inside a body lumen. The medical device includes a rotatable tubular drive shaft; a treatment member connected to the drive shaft so that rotation of the drive shaft results in rotation of the treatment member; an outer sheath configured to house the drive shaft; a handle located at a proximal portion of the drive shaft and at a proximal portion of the outer sheath; a guide wire lumen tube disposed within the tubular drive shaft and the treatment member, the guide wire lumen tube having a guide wire lumen; a distal end of the guide wire lumen tube located at a distal end of the treatment member or distal to the distal end of the treatment member; and a proximal portion of the guide wire lumen tube configured to penetrate a wall of the handle.