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Apparatus and method for removing stenotic material from stents

  • US 5,882,329 A
  • Filed: 02/12/1997
  • Issued: 03/16/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/12/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method for removing stenotic material from within a stent within a blood vessel, said method comprising:

  • displacing a shearing body within the blood vessel so that it dislodges stenotic material from around an interface envelope defined by the stent within the stenotic material.

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