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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 1988
Filed:
Mar. 26, 1987
Applicant:
Inventors:
John B Simpson, Woodside, CA (US);
Hanson S Gifford, III, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Kenneth A Stenstrom, Manteca, CA (US);
Assignee:
Devices for Vascular Intervention, Inc., Redwood City, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
128305 ;
Abstract
Motor drive unit for use with an atherectomy device having a flexible drive cable and a finger operated member for advancing and retracting the drive cable. The drive unit comprises a motor and a power supply mounted in a case of a size which fits comfortably in a human hand, with a power switch positioned for operation by a finger of the hand holding the case. When the motor is connected to the drive cable, the finger operated member can be operated by a finger of the hand holding the case to advance and retract the cable and the cutter connected thereto.
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