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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2023
Applicant:
Medtronic Vascular, Inc., Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Inventors:
Yogesh A. Darekar, Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Amal Elgamil, Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Christina E. Franke, Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Kevin M. Mauch, Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Anish S. Nigade, Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Assignee:
Medtronic Vascular, Inc., Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/32 (2006.01); A61B 17/22 (2006.01); A61F 2/06 (2013.01); A61F 2/07 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/320068 (2013.01); A61B 17/22032 (2013.01); A61B 17/320016 (2013.01); A61F 2/07 (2013.01); A61B 2017/22035 (2013.01); A61B 2017/320072 (2013.01); A61F 2002/061 (2013.01);
Abstract
An in-situ fenestration device. The device includes a sheath, a sonic catheter extending with the sheath and having a cutting tool at a distal section thereof, and a balloon catheter extending within the sonic catheter. The cutting tool of the sonic catheter is configured to cut a fenestration in a graft material at a fenestration site of a stent graft upon being energized with ultrasonic energy at a cutting frequency.