Tissue removal with at least partially flexible devices

US8062300B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Baxano, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Gregory P. Schmitz · Los Gatos, US
• Jeffrey L. Bleich · Palo Alto, US
• Steven A. Spisak · San Jose, US
• Roy Leguidleguid · Union City, US
• Jefferey Bleam · Ramona, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 16, 2007
• Grant date: Nov 22, 2011
• Expiry date: Feb 3, 2029

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61B2017/32006
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A device for modifying tissue in a patient may include: an elongate body having a rigid proximal portion and a flexible distal portion having first and second major surfaces; a proximal handle coupled with the proximal portion of the body; one or more tissue modifying members disposed along the first major surface of the distal portion of the body; a guidewire coupled with and extending from the distal portion of the body; and a distal handle removably couplable with the guidewire outside the patient.