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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. 23, 2011
Filed:
Jul. 18, 2005
Applicant:
Michael Hogendijk, Mountain View, CA (US);
Inventor:
Michael Hogendijk, Mountain View, CA (US);
Assignee:
NovoStent Corporation, Mountain View, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 37/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/12 (2006.01); A61M 29/00 (2006.01); A61M 1/00 (2006.01); A61M 31/00 (2006.01); F16K 31/00 (2006.01); F16K 1/48 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Embolic protection and plaque removal apparatus and methods are provided wherein an aspiration device aspirates, filters and reperfuses blood using a closed fluid circuit having a bi-directional working lumen. The plaque removal device includes a plurality of self-expanding cutting elements that form a cage that self-centers within the blood vessel to reduce the risk of trauma to the vessel lining.