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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:
Jul. 06, 1999
Filed:
Sep. 18, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
E Richard Hill, III, Berkeley, CA (US);
Glenn Davis, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Brian Farley, Los Altos, CA (US);
Assignee:
Devices for Vascular Intervention, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
604 95 ;
Abstract
Disclosed herein is a guidewire migration controller for use with catheter devices such as atherectomy catheters. The guidewire migration controller includes a housing, a gripper insertable in the housing and a locking member. The locking member holds the gripper within the housing. The gripper has an opening for receiving a guidewire. The gripper permits the guidewire to rotate and holds the guidewire to control guidewire migration.