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US 2014/0277012 A1Published application
Vibrating guidewire torquer and methods of use
AssigneeVolcano Corporation
InventorDavid G. Miller
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Abstract
The invention provides a method of intravascular intervention that includes inserting a guidewire comprising an extended body into a lumen within tissue of a patient, advancing the guidewire into a chronic total occlusion, vibrating a proximal end of the guidewire with a mechanical vibrator, and crossing the chronic total occlusion while a distal end of the guidewire is vibrating.
Claims20
A method of intravascular intervention, the method comprising:
- inserting a guidewire comprising an extended body into a lumen within tissue of a patient;
- advancing the guidewire into a chronic total occlusion;
- vibrating a proximal end of the guidewire with a mechanical vibrator;
- and
- crossing the chronic total occlusion while a distal end of the guidewire is vibrating.
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A device for intravascular intervention, the device comprising:
- a guidewire member comprising an extended body with a proximal end and a distal end;
- a torquer fixed to the proximal end;
- and
- a mechanical vibrator coupled to the torquer.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.