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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2015
Filed:
May. 11, 2006
Leonid Shturman, Greenwich, CT (US);
Georgy Vasilevich Morov, Moscow, RU;
Vladimir Alekseevich Malgichev, Moscow, RU;
Leonid Shturman, Greenwich, CT (US);
Georgy Vasilevich Morov, Moscow, RU;
Vladimir Alekseevich Malgichev, Moscow, RU;
Cardiovascular Systems, Inc., St. Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
A method system and controller for controlling fluid flow in a rotational atherectomy device. A source of fluid is provided through a pump to the rotational atherectomy device, wherein the pump maintains the fluid flow at a minimal rate during a time period when a drive shaft of the device is not rotating. A first control is activated to increase a rate of the fluid flow and second control is activate to initiate a rotation of the drive shaft during another time period when the fluid flow is at the increased rate.