Atherectomy system with a guide wire
First Claim
1. An atherectomy system for coring, ingesting and removing an obstruction material from within a patient'"'"'s vessel, comprising in combination:
- a flexible guide-wire insertable into the vessel,a flexible rotary-catheter slidable over said flexible guide-wire, having a rotary coring means at its distal end,a continuous passage defined around said flexible guide-wire by said flexible rotary-catheter for ingesting the cored obstruction material,coupling means at a proximal end of said flexible rotary-catheter for coupling to rotating means,said flexible guide-wire having a diametrical envelope over which- said flexible rotary-catheter is rotatably and slidably supported, said envelope defining voids for containing the obstruction material.
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Abstract
An atherectomy system for coring, ingesting and removing an obstruction material from within a patient'"'"'s vessel having a flexible guide-wire defining voids for containing obstruction material and defining a diametrical envelope, a flexible rotary-catheter slidable and rotatable over the diametrical envelope having a rotary coring means at its distal end, a continuous passage defined around the flexible guide-wire by the flexible rotary-catheter for ingesting the cored obstruction material, and coupling means at the proximal end of the flexible rotary-catheter for coupling to rotating means.
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1. An atherectomy system for coring, ingesting and removing an obstruction material from within a patient'"'"'s vessel, comprising in combination:
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a flexible guide-wire insertable into the vessel, a flexible rotary-catheter slidable over said flexible guide-wire, having a rotary coring means at its distal end, a continuous passage defined around said flexible guide-wire by said flexible rotary-catheter for ingesting the cored obstruction material, coupling means at a proximal end of said flexible rotary-catheter for coupling to rotating means, said flexible guide-wire having a diametrical envelope over which- said flexible rotary-catheter is rotatably and slidably supported, said envelope defining voids for containing the obstruction material. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A process for removing an obstruction from an vessel with an atherectomy system, comprising the following steps:
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inserting into a vessel, into an obstruction, a flexible guide-wire, having a diametrical envelope which contains voids for accepting the obstruction material, advancing over the flexible guide-wire a rotary coring means located at a distal end of an atherectomy catheter, advancing and rotating the rotary coring means into the obstruction and coring the obstruction while the rotary coring means is rotatably supported and aligned with the artery by the diametrical envelope, removing the atherectomy system containing the obstruction material out of the vessel. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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36. A process for removing an obstruction from a vessel with an atherectomy system, comprising the following steps:
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inserting into a vessel, into an obstruction, a flexible pilot wire, inserting into a vessel, into an obstruction, over the flexible pilot-wire a flexible casing having a diametrical envelope which contains voids for accepting the obstruction material, advancing over the casing a rotary coring means located at a distal end of an atherectomy catheter, advancing and rotating the rotary coring means into the obstruction and coring the obstruction while the rotary coring means is rotatably supported and aligned with the artery by the diametrical envelope, removing the atherectomy system containing the obstruction material out of the vessel. - View Dependent Claims (37, 38, 39, 40, 41)
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