Device for repeated semi-invasive abrasion of lesions on the walls of hollow organs

US8182499B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Siemens Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

• Klaus Abraham-Fuchs · Erlangen, DE
• Friedrich Fuchs · Königsee, DE
• Rainer Kuth · Annaberg-Buchholz, DE
• Johannes Reinschke · Koblenzer Straße, DE
• Guenter Ries · Erlangen, DE
• Rudolf Roeckelein · Erlangen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 25, 2005
• Grant date: May 22, 2012
• Expiry date: May 11, 2027

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61F2210/009
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A device is for repeated semi-invasive abrasion of lesions on the walls of hollow organs, in particular blood vessels or the gastrointestinal tract of a patient. The device includes an outer stent which, fixed in position at the site of the lesions, can be clamped against the wall of the hollow organ and has recesses through which the lesions can inwardly protrude. The device further includes a cutting body which is guided within the outer stent and only negligibly narrows the internal bore of the outer stent, which cutting body has cutting edges sliding on the inner side of the outer stent and is coupled magnetically to an external magnet system via which it can turn about the stent axis and/or can move longitudinally along the stent axis.