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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:
Apr. 26, 1994
Filed:
Feb. 28, 1991
Applicant:
Inventor:
Samuel Shiber, Billerica, MA (US);
Assignee:
Surgical Systems & Instruments, Inc., , IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
604 53 ; 606159 ; 606170 ; 128772 ;
Abstract
An atherectomy system for coring, ingesting and removing plaque from within a patient's vessel having a flexible guide wire defining a void for holding plaque during the atherectomy process and for accurately guiding a flexible catheter in the vessel. Coupling means at the proximal end of the flexible catheter for coupling it to drive means. The insertion of the guidewire may be assisted by suspending a body part in a decompression chamber to dilate the vessel.
Shiber, Samuel. (1994). Method of guidewire insertion (U.S. Patent No. 5306244). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/5306244
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