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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:
Dec. 17, 1996
Filed:
Dec. 20, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Edward I Wulfman, Woodinville, WA (US);
Thomas J Clement, Redmond, WA (US);
Assignee:
Boston Scientific Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
606159 ; 606170180/ ; 604 22 ;
Abstract
The invention is a device for medical applications for differentially cutting abnormal deposits from within a patient's vessels. The device comprises one or more diamond plated burrs or cuffs attached to a flexible drive shaft which rotates at a high speed. The drive shaft is placed over a preformed shaped guidewire so that the drive shaft conforms to the shape of the guidewire, which has been preformed into a gentle 'S' or 'cork-screw' shape. The guidewire may be rotated at low speed.
Published as:
CA2183732A1; WO9619148A1; AU4473396A; US5584843A; EP0755227A1; JPH09509605A; EP0755227A4; EP0755227B1; DE69530291D1; DE69530291T2;