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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:
Aug. 04, 1992
Filed:
May. 09, 1990
Applicant:
Inventor:
John T Wright, Conifer, CO (US);
Assignee:
Pioneering Technologies, Inc., Wheat Ridge, CO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
604 28 ; 604 22 ; 604 53 ; 604101 ; 606159 ;
Abstract
A method of removing plaque from vessels by at least partially isolating a portion of a vessel which is partially occluded by plaque from the remainder of the vessel, forcing a slurry to flow in contact with the plaque in the vessel to abrade the plaque, and withdrawing the slurry from the vessel, and apparatus for carrying out the method, are disclosed.
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