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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2013
Applicant:
Cordis Corporation, Bridgewater, NJ (US);
Inventors:
Thomas W. Duerig, Fremont, CA (US);
Hikmat Hojeibane, Princeton, NJ (US);
David C. Majercak, Stewartsville, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Cordis Corporation, Fremont, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 29/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/22 (2006.01); A61B 17/3207 (2006.01); A61M 25/09 (2006.01); A61B 17/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/22 (2013.01); A61B 17/3207 (2013.01); A61B 17/320758 (2013.01); A61M 25/09 (2013.01); A61M 25/0905 (2013.01); A61B 2017/22042 (2013.01); A61B 2017/22044 (2013.01); A61B 2017/22068 (2013.01); A61B 2017/22069 (2013.01); A61B 2017/320004 (2013.01); A61M 2025/09183 (2013.01);
Abstract
A guidewire including a spreader or at least one centering device which may be used to open occluded vessels or other biological passages, especially chronic total occlusions. The guidewire may be used to either open the lumen or to center a boring device within the lumen, so that the chronic total occlusion can be crossed, and an interventional procedure can then be performed.