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Atherectomy device with eccentric crown

US9468457B2 · kind B2 · utility

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85References

8Claims

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Assignee

Cardiovascular Systems, Inc. · US

Inventors

Victor Blackledge · Cologne, US
Benjamin D. Haselman · Dayton, US
Joseph P. Higgins · Minnetonka, US
Joseph Bahoora · Medina, US
Nicholas Ellering · Crystal, US

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 4, 2013
Grant date	Oct 18, 2016
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 18, 2034

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61B2017/320766
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An atherectomy device may include an elongated, flexible drive shaft having a distal end for insertion into a vasculature of a patient and having a proximal end opposite the distal end remaining outside the vasculature of the patient, a handle coupled to the proximal end of the drive shaft for controlling the drive shaft, and a head arranged proximate the distal end of the drive shaft wherein the head may include a middle portion having a substantially uninterrupted outer surface and substantially conically-shaped first and second end portions, wherein the middle portion and substantially conically-shaped end portions all have a bore extending therethrough adapted to frictionally engage a drive shaft.

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