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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 20, 2001
Filed:
Jan. 24, 2000
Hosheng Tu, Tustin, CA (US);
Steve Chun-Guang Tu, Tustin, CA (US);
Other;
Abstract
A medical device for treating intravascular restenosis of a patient, the medical device comprising a catheter shaft and an inner catheter, the inner catheter having a deployable wire assembly arrangement, wherein the deployable wire assembly arrangement comprises a plurality of preshaped expandable metallic basket members at the distal end of the inner catheter adapted to contact a pre-implanted stent and to apply RF current to the tissues for therapeutic purposes through a wire guide shaft. Alternately, a plurality of expandable metallic basket members are secured to the distal section of the catheter shaft for contacting a pre-implanted stent of the patient through a wire guide shaft.