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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:
Aug. 27, 2002
Filed:
Aug. 21, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Samuel Shiber, Manchester, NH (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/732 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/732 ;
Abstract
An atherectomy system for removing obstructive material from within a patient's vessel comprising a flexible spiral wire having a distal stepped-down section that is connected through a short transition section with a nominal diameter section, a flexible catheter that is slideable and rotateable over the spiral wire and rotating means coupled to the catheter.