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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2026
Filed:
Nov. 18, 2022
Medtronic Vascular, Inc., Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Aran Murray, Galway, IE;
Eoin J. Walsh, Galway, IE;
MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC., Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure provides a tissue-removing catheter for removing tissue in a body lumen including an elongate drive member, tissue-removing element, and a distal tip. The elongate drive member is sized and shaped to be received in the body lumen. The elongate drive member rotates about an axis. The tissue-removing element is operatively coupled to a distal end portion of the elongate drive member and rotates by the elongate drive member to remove tissue in the body lumen. The distal tip extends distally outward from the tissue-removing element and is more flexible than tissue-removing element. The distal tip has a proximal end portion coupled to the tissue-removing element and a distal end portion spaced distally from the tissue-removing element. The distal tip defines a tip in communication with a liner passage that is configured to receive a guidewire therein.