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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 11, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 17, 2004
Applicants:
Mukund Patel, San Jose, CA (US);
Harold F. Carrison, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Inventors:
Mukund Patel, San Jose, CA (US);
Harold F. Carrison, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Assignee:
Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A tissue removal device and method of using the device to remove tissue from a patient is provided. The tissue removal device comprises a tissue removal probe and a sheath slidable relative to the probe. The probe has a tissue removal element, and the sheath has a portion that exposes the tissue removal element. The sheath distal end may be pre-shaped to bend when slid distal to the probe. The probe may have a window through which the tissue removal element is exposed.