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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. 09, 1994
Filed:
May. 07, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
Dennis Vigil, San Diego, CA (US);
Thomas E Olson, Poway, CA (US);
Assignee:
InterVentional Technologies, Inc., San Diego, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
606159 ; 606194 ; 606171 ; 604 96 ;
Abstract
An apparatus and method of operation are disclosed for using an expandable balloon catheter to perform a combination angioplasty and atherectomy procedure on a stenotic blood vessel. The expandable balloon has a plurality of atherotomes attached to its outer surface, and longitudinal, transverse, or rotational oscillatory motion is imparted to the atherotomes to assist in incising the stenotic tissue, prior to or during dilatation of the stenotic segment of the blood vessel.
Published as:
CA2118886A1; US5336234A; EP0623315A1; AU5490694A; JPH0767967A; AU663668B2; JP2725995B2; CA2118886C; EP0623315B1; DE69418936D1; DE69418936T2;