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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 17, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 25, 2011
Fletcher T. Wilson, San Francisco, CA (US);
Rhunjay J. Yu, Mountain View, CA (US);
Pedram Afshar, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Partha P. Ray, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Fletcher T. Wilson, San Francisco, CA (US);
Rhunjay J. Yu, Mountain View, CA (US);
Pedram Afshar, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Partha P. Ray, Palo Alto, CA (US);
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
A device for manipulating tissue at a vessel includes an elongated member having a proximal end and a distal end, a guide member at the distal end of the elongated member, the guide member having a blunt distal tip for engagement against an interior wall of the vessel, and a tissue cutting device at the distal end of the elongated member, wherein the tissue cutting device has a sharp tip that is proximal to the blunt distal tip of the guide member.