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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2008
Filed:
Jan. 07, 2004
Applicants:
Robert I. Rudko, Holliston, MA (US);
Mark R. Tauscher, Medfield, MA (US);
Richard P. Yeomans, Jr., Medway, MA (US);
Inventors:
Robert I. Rudko, Holliston, MA (US);
Mark R. Tauscher, Medfield, MA (US);
Richard P. Yeomans, Jr., Medway, MA (US);
Assignee:
PLC Medical Systems, Inc., Franklin, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 18/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An endovascular tissue removal system including an expandable mechanism introduceable to the ventricular side of a valve to support the leaflets of the valve in a closed position and a tissue removal device advanceable to the leaflets and configured to resect the leaflets as they are supported by the expandable mechanism.