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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 11, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2022
Applicant:
Medtronic Vascular, Inc., Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Inventors:
Aram Jamous, Athenry, IE;
Alan Ryan, Galway, IE;
Assignee:
MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC., Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/3207 (2006.01); A61B 17/32 (2006.01); A61B 17/3205 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/320758 (2013.01); A61B 17/32002 (2013.01); A61B 17/32053 (2013.01); A61B 2017/320775 (2013.01);
Abstract
A debulking catheter includes an advancer for advancing a tissue-removing element, and a linear-force indicator. The linear-force indicator provides feedback to the user based on an amount of linear force being applied to the advancer.