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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 07, 2010
Filed:
May. 15, 2006
George A. Morrison, San Mateo, CA (US);
Robert J. Laird, Pinole, CA (US);
Eric L. Buehlmann, Redwood City, CA (US);
Christine P. Ventura, San Jose, CA (US);
George A. Morrison, San Mateo, CA (US);
Robert J. Laird, Pinole, CA (US);
Eric L. Buehlmann, Redwood City, CA (US);
Christine P. Ventura, San Jose, CA (US);
Artemis Medical, Inc., Hayward, CA (US);
Abstract
A tissue-separating catheter assembly comprises a rotatable shaft, having a distal shaft portion, and a tissue separator device extending along the shaft. The tissue separator device has a distal separator part at the distal shaft portion movable between a retracted state, towards the distal shaft portion, and an outwardly extending, operational state, away from the distal shaft portion. A localization device is movable to a radially expanded state. An expandable tubular element is movable so that its outer end is generally axially aligned with the localization device so to capture a separated tissue section therebetween to aid removal of the separated tissue section from the patient.