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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 16, 2025
Filed:
Nov. 02, 2023
Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Takashi Kitaoka, Hadano, JP;
Masaomi Imai, Kofu, JP;
Kazuaki Kanamoto, Hadano, JP;
Yuki Masubuchi, Hadano, JP;
TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A medical device is disclosed that can effectively destroy an object in a biological lumen, a method for controlling rotation of the medical device, and a rotation controller. The medical device to be inserted into a biological lumen to destroy a thrombus in the biological lumen includes an elongated shaft portion that is rotationally driven, a drive unit that rotates the shaft portion, a breaking member that is provided at a distal portion of the shaft portion and is rotatable, and a control unit that controls the rotation of the drive unit, in which the control unit controls the drive unit to repeat the rotation while interposing a stop of the rotation between rotations of the drive unit.