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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 1987
Filed:
Feb. 28, 1986
Applicant:
Inventors:
Hanson S Gifford, III, Palo Alto, CA (US);
John B Simpson, Woodside, CA (US);
Assignee:
Devices for Vascular Intervention, Redwood City, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
128305 ;
Abstract
Atherectomy device for removing material from an atheroma in the vascular system. A cutter is mounted in a cylindrical housing having a cutout on one side thereof at the distal end of a catheter. The catheter has a single luminal opening, and a flexible drive cable for operating the cutter passes through this opening. An inflatable balloon is positioned outside the housing opposite the cutout, and a medium for inflating the balloon is introduced through the luminal opening of the catheter.