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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 18, 2000
Filed:
Jul. 15, 1997
Larry Rogers, Half Moon Bay, CA (US);
John Thomas Buckley, San Jose, CA (US);
Ron Ray Hundertmark, San Mateo, CA (US);
Ferolyn T Powell, San Carlos, CA (US);
Charles Milo, Union City, CA (US);
Anthony J Castro, San Francisco, CA (US);
Devices for Vascular Intervention, Inc., Redwood City, CA (US);
Abstract
An athetectomy catheter is disclosed having a composite cutter which is capable of cutting material, including hardened plaque, from a biological conduit. The composite cutter has a cutter and a sensor mount. The cutter has a proximal end and a distal end with a cutting edge. The proximal end of the cutter bonds with the sensor mount. The sensor mount is adaptable for holding a sensor and attaching to a cutter torque cable of an atherectomy catheter. Typically, the atherectomy catheter has a cutter housing with a window. The composite cutter is positioned in the cutter housing and moves in response to movement of the cutter torque cable to cut material from the biological conduit via the window.