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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:
Nov. 14, 2000
Filed:
Mar. 04, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Bill Kanz, Sacramento, CA (US);
Denise Drummond, North Ogden, UT (US);
Robert Barry, Kirkland, WA (US);
Paul A Hirst, Liberty Lake, WA (US);
Mark Wyzgala, Bellevue, WA (US);
Gary Swinford, Issaquah, WA (US);
Edward Wulfman, Woodinville, WA (US);
Tom Clement, Redmond, WA (US);
Tom Kadavy, Bellevue, WA (US);
Assignee:
SciMed Life Systems, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ; A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
606159 ;
Abstract
A catheter including an elongate drive shaft having a proximal end and a distal end, an ablation burr disposed at the distal end which can be drawn proximally to engage with a burr deflector surface of the drive shaft in order to be displaced transversely to remove plaque.