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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 28, 2011
Filed:
Sep. 13, 2007
Michael G. Tal, Woodbridge, CT (US);
John P. Marano, Jr., Madison, CT (US);
Stanley O. Thompson, New Boston, NH (US);
Chris Labak, Milford, NH (US);
Michael G. Tal, Woodbridge, CT (US);
John P. Marano, Jr., Madison, CT (US);
Stanley O. Thompson, New Boston, NH (US);
Chris Labak, Milford, NH (US);
Vascular Insights LLC, Madison, CT (US);
Abstract
A vascular treatment device may include (1) a handle having a motor, a trigger, and a male coupling, and (2) a cartridge, engageable to the handle, having a female coupling, a wire, and a sheath fixed to the cartridge. When the female coupling is not engaged to the male coupling, the sheath may cover the distal end of the wire, allowing safe advancement of the device into the patient's vasculature, and when the female coupling is engaged by the male coupling, the distal end of the wire may be exposed from the sheath and used.