Endovascular device with a tissue piercing distal probe and associated methods

US8337425B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• BRIDGEPOINT MEDICAL, INC. · US

Inventors

• Matthew J. Olson · Camp Grafton, US
• Chad J. Kugler · Andover, US
• Ross A. Olson · Anoka, US
• David B. Robinson · Chanhassen, US
• Peter Alan Jacobs · Minneapolis, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 5, 2009
• Grant date: Dec 25, 2012
• Expiry date: Dec 10, 2030

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61M2025/09183
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

Devices, systems and methods for treating diseases and disorders effecting the cardiovascular system of the human body are disclosed. An exemplary blood vessel in accordance with this disclosure comprises a shaft, tip member fixed to the shaft, and a probe extending beyond a distal surface of the tip member. In some useful embodiments, the tip member is relatively atraumatic and the probe is shaped so as to be more likely to produce trauma than the tip member.