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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 10, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 24, 2011
Ron A. Drake, St. Louis Park, MN (US);
Stanten C. Spear, Arden Hills, MN (US);
Johnson E. Goode, Austin, TX (US);
Beth C. Bullemer, Maple Plain, MN (US);
Les Stener, Blaine, MN (US);
Gary R. Fiedler, Forest Lake, MN (US);
Kendra Yasger, Big Lake, MN (US);
Ron A. Drake, St. Louis Park, MN (US);
Stanten C. Spear, Arden Hills, MN (US);
Johnson E. Goode, Austin, TX (US);
Beth C. Bullemer, Maple Plain, MN (US);
Les Stener, Blaine, MN (US);
Gary R. Fiedler, Forest Lake, MN (US);
Kendra Yasger, Big Lake, MN (US);
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Abstract
A slitter for slitting a guide catheter is assembled from a handle, a blade assembly coupled to the handle, and a holding mechanism coupled to the handle. The blade assembly includes a shroud for receiving an elongated body of a medical device and a slitting blade having an exposed cutting edge to slit the guide catheter.