Single lumen atherectomy catheter device

Details Single lumen atherectomy catheter device Single lumen atherectomy catheter device

1989-05-19

1991-04-09

Thaler, Michael H.

Surgery

Instruments

Blood vessel, duct or teat cutter, scrapper or abrader

606170, 606180, A61B 1732

Patent

active

RE0335690

ABSTRACT:
Atherectomy device for removing material from an atheroma in the vascular system. A cutter is mounted in a cylindrical housing having a cutout on one side thereof at the distal end of a catheter. The catheter has a single luminal opening, and a flexible drive cable for operating the cutter passes through this opening. An inflatable balloon is positioned outside the housing opposite the cutout, and a medium for inflating the balloon is introduced through luminal opening of the catheter.

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