Surgery – Means for introducing or removing material from body for... – Treating material introduced into or removed from body...
Patent
1991-02-28
1994-04-26
Lewis, Ralph
Surgery
Means for introducing or removing material from body for...
Treating material introduced into or removed from body...
606159, 606170, 128772, A61B 1732
Patent
active
053062442
ABSTRACT:
An atherectomy system for coring, ingesting and removing plaque from within a patient's vessel having a flexible guide wire defining a void for holding plaque during the atherectomy process and for accurately guiding a flexible catheter in the vessel. Coupling means at the proximal end of the flexible catheter for coupling it to drive means. The insertion of the guidewire may be assisted by suspending a body part in a decompression chamber to dilate the vessel.
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Lewis Ralph
Shiber Samuel
Surgical Systems & Instruments, Inc.
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