Microcommissurotomy device with levers
US6183494A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 16, 1998 |
| Grant date | Feb 6, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 16, 2018 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61B2017/22097
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A retractor is mounted at the distal end of a catheter. The retractor is constituted of two symmetrically deformable parallelograms. In the closed position, the retractor has substantially the same radial extension as the catheter.
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