Ablation burr

US6146395A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Scimed Life Systems, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Bill Kanz · Sacramento, US
• Denise Drummond · North Ogden, US
• Robert Barry · Kirkland, US
• Paul Hirst · Sheffield, GB
• Mark Wyzgala · Bellevue, US
• Gary Swinford · Issaquah, US
• Edward I. Wulfman · Woodinville, US
• Tom Clement · Redmond, US
• Tom Kadavy · Bellevue, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 4, 1999
• Grant date: Nov 14, 2000
• Expiry date: Mar 4, 2019

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61B2017/320766
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A catheter including an elongate drive shaft having a proximal end and a distal end, an ablation burr disposed at the distal end which can be drawn proximally to engage with a burr deflector surface of the drive shaft in order to be displaced transversely to remove plaque.