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US 2014/0277003 A1Published application
Material Capturing Guidewire
AssigneeThe Spectranetics Corporation
InventorBrandon Thomas Hendrick
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Abstract
This disclosure discusses various methods and devices for capturing plaque that is to be removed from a blood vessel after the plaque has been separated from the blood vessel or remaining plaque.
Claims31
A guidewire for insertion into a blood vessel, the guidewire comprising:
- an elongated member;
- and
- a means for attaching plaque within a blood vessel to the elongated member.
A method of removing plaque within a blood vessel, the method comprising the steps of:
- inserting a guidewire into a blood vessel;
- attaching plaque within the blood vessel to a portion of the guidewire;
- inserting a catheter into the blood vessel over the guidewire;
- separating at least a portion of the plaque from the blood vessel using the catheter;
- and
- concurrently removing, from the blood vessel, the guidewire and the plaque attached to the guidewire.
3 more elements
A method of removing plaque within a blood vessel, the method comprising the steps of:
- inserting a catheter into the blood vessel;
- separating at least a portion of the plaque from the blood vessel using the catheter;
- inserting a guidewire into a blood vessel;
- attaching the portion of the plaque within the blood vessel to a portion of the guidewire;
- and
- concurrently removing, from the blood vessel, the guidewire and the plaque attached to the guidewire.
3 more elements
A guidewire for insertion into a blood vessel comprising:
- an elongated member;
- and
- a roughened surface on the elongated member configured to attach plaque within a blood vessel to the elongated member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.