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US 2025/0375238 A1Published application
Guidewires and methods of using same
AssigneeBard Peripheral Vascular, Inc.
InventorsBreanna Simpson, Peter Oladipo Akerele-Ale, Andy Moll, Alex Palmer, Olivia R. Palmer, Kristin N. Rominger
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Abstract
A guidewire includes a body and a tip. The tip is configured to be energized by an RF generator connectable to the body. The guidewire is configured to tunnel through an internal lumen of a blood vessel, tunnel through a wall of the blood vessel, and tunnel through non-vascular tissue outside of the blood vessel.
Claims21
A guidewire, comprising:
- a body;
- and
- a tip, wherein:
- the tip is configured to be energized by an RF generator connectable to the body;
- and
- the guidewire is configured to:
- tunnel through an internal lumen of a blood vessel;
- tunnel through a wall of the blood vessel;
- and
- tunnel through non-vascular tissue outside of the blood vessel.
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A method of bypassing an occlusion, comprising:
- inserting a guidewire into a vessel;
- directing the guidewire into tissue surrounding the vessel at a first point:
- tunneling through the tissue surrounding the vessel with the guidewire;
- and
- directing the guidewire into the vessel at a second point to form a passageway through the tissue surrounding the vessel from the first point to the second point, wherein the guidewire is RF energized.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.