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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 2002
Filed:
Feb. 10, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
David Y. Phelps, Anchorage, KY (US);
Gregory Furnish, Louisville, KY (US);
Assignee:
MedVenture Technology Corp, Louisville, KY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/700 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/700 ;
Abstract
The present invention comprises a vulnerable plaque treatment catheter arrangement for the treatment of a lipid pool at a site of vulnerable plaque within an artery. The catheter arrangement includes an elongated, hollow, flexible shaft having a proximal end and a distal end and an elongated, flexible, steerable, lipid-enterable needle arranged within the shaft. The needle has at least one lumen therethrough in communication with a treatment source, to permit the rendering of the lipid pool into an innocuous entity.