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US 2010/0031793 A1Published application
Catheter Cutting Tool
AssigneeCardiac Dimensions, Inc.
InventorsLouis R. Hayner, Evan M. Keech, Lucas S. Gordon
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Abstract
Systems and methods for cutting, or trimming, a catheter at a specified location along the length of the catheter. The catheter preferably includes a stop feature which interacts with an elongate member of the cutting system to determine the catheter is in a proper position to be cut.
Claims18
A catheter cutting system, comprising:
- a catheter cutting body including
- a channel defining a catheter cutting body bore adapted to receive an elongate
- member and a catheter therein, wherein the catheter comprises a stop feature, and
- a cutting member guide adapted to receive a cutting member therethrough, wherein the elongate member is adapted to be received within a first portion of the catheter, and wherein the elongate member is adapted to interact with the stop feature to determine that the catheter is disposed at a desired location within the catheter cutting body bore.
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A method of cutting a catheter, comprising:
- providing a catheter cutting body, wherein the catheter cutting body comprises a cutting body bore and a cutting member guide;
- positioning a first portion of an elongate member and a first portion of a catheter within the catheter cutting body bore, wherein the catheter comprises a stop feature;
- positioning the first portion of the elongate member within the first portion of the catheter;
- engaging the elongate member and the stop feature;
- advancing a cutting member comprising a cutting element through the cutting member guide thereby cutting the catheter with the cutting element.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.