Plaque cracker

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1990-05-21

1992-06-23

Thaler, Michael H.

Surgery

Instruments

External pressure applicator

A61B 1700

Patent

active

051239094

ABSTRACT:
A device for cracking plaque from a blood vessel comprising a fixed jaw member assembly, a moveable jaw member and hammer assembly slidably mounted on the fixed jaw member assembly and a spring transmitting a driving force to the hammer assembly. A handle is connected to the fixed jaw member assembly and a trigger activation assembly is mounted in the handle to activate a trigger releasing the hammer assembly to transmit a driving force against the moveable jaw member and an adjacent blood vessel.

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patent: 1542307 (1925-06-01), Kennedy
patent: 3841212 (1974-10-01), Powell
patent: 4079740 (1978-03-01), Phalon
patent: 4087910 (1978-05-01), Doyel
patent: 4520719 (1985-06-01), Price

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