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Vascular obstruction removal system and method

  • US 20040243175A1
  • Filed: 07/15/2004
  • Published: 12/02/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/12/2001
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method for removing an obstruction from a wall of a first blood vessel through which blood normally flows in a given direction, at a location downstream of a branch point where a second blood vessel branches off from the first blood vessel, said method comprising:

  • blocking blood flow at a point upstream of the branch point to cause blood to flow through the first blood vessel and past the obstruction in a direction opposite to the given direction and then into the second blood vessel; and

    removing material from the obstruction, trapping the removed material, and withdrawing the removed material from the blood vessel.

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