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Catheter adaptor with slitting blade and improved manual control and method of use

US5687727A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMay 1, 1995
Grant dateNov 18, 1997
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Expiry dateMay 1, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61M2025/0675
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A proximal adaptor for an over-the-wire angioplasty catheter is disclosed which contains a retractable catheter slitting element and a releasable guidewire seizing element, both of which are controllable by a manually operated element or elements accessible from the exterior of the adaptor.

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