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SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REMOVING OBSTRUCTIVE MATTER FROM BODY LUMENS AND TREATING VASCULAR DEFECTS

  • US 20100114017A1
  • Filed: 12/23/2008
  • Published: 05/06/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/23/2002
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system useable for performing a therapeutic or diagnostic task at a location within the body of a human or animal subject, said system comprising:

  • a catheter that has a proximal portion, a distal portion, a lumen and a distal end opening, said catheter being transitionable from a first configuration wherein the distal portion has a first outer diameter that is smaller than the outer diameter of the proximal portion and a second configuration wherein the distal portion is expanded to a second outer diameter that is larger than the first outer diameter and no larger than the outer diameter of the proximal portion; and

    a working device that is advanceable though the lumen of the catheter and out of its distal opening at least when the distal portion of the catheter is in is second configuration, said working device being useable to perform the therapeutic or diagnostic task.

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