Retrolasing catheter and method

Details Retrolasing catheter and method Retrolasing catheter and method

1987-05-19

1989-04-11

Cohen, Lee S.

Surgery

Truss

Pad

128398, A61B 1736

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048196320

ABSTRACT:
An apparatus and method for retrolasing plaque deposits in a coronary artery to remove same includes a tip assembly on the end of a flexible inner tube containing optical fibers that are slidable along a guide wire. The tip assembly includes a reflective surface rearwardly of a front face that directs laser energy supplied through the optical fibers in a rearward direction through a window portion to a focal point externally of the tip assembly. The deposit is removed as the tip assembly is moved in a rearward progression back through the deposit.

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