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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 08, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2013
Applicant:
The Spectranetics Corporation, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
Inventors:
Brandon Thomas Hendrick, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
Michael Craig Anderson, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
Assignee:
The Spectranetics Corporation, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/32 (2006.01); A61B 17/3207 (2006.01); A61N 1/05 (2006.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01); A61B 17/3203 (2006.01); A61B 17/3211 (2006.01); A61B 17/50 (2006.01); A61B 18/24 (2006.01); G10L 21/00 (2013.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04M 3/56 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/32075 (2013.01); A61B 17/3203 (2013.01); A61B 17/3207 (2013.01); A61B 17/3211 (2013.01); A61B 17/32037 (2013.01); A61B 17/320725 (2013.01); A61B 17/50 (2013.01); A61B 18/245 (2013.01); A61B 90/02 (2016.02); A61N 1/05 (2013.01); A61N 1/056 (2013.01); A61N 1/057 (2013.01); G10L 21/00 (2013.01); H04L 65/403 (2013.01); H04M 3/568 (2013.01); A61B 2017/320004 (2013.01); A61B 2017/320044 (2013.01); A61N 2001/0578 (2013.01); F04C 2270/041 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods, devices and systems for separating an implanted object, such as a lead attached to a cardiac conduction device, from formed tissue within a blood vessel are provided. The methods, devices and systems for separating a lead from the tissue relate to dilating the tissue surrounding the lead from underneath the tissue and/or between the lead and the tissue.