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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:
Oct. 09, 2007
Filed:
Apr. 25, 2003
Applicants:
William J. Shaw, Cambridge, MA (US);
Eric B. Stenzel, Galway, IE;
Lixiao Wang, Long Lake, MN (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/06 (2006.01); A61M 29/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A stent or sheath having one or more cutting blades may be constructed for implantation in the body. A balloon having one or more cutting blades may be used with a stent or a sheath.