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Neovascularization catheter

  • US 6,117,153 A
  • Filed: 07/27/1998
  • Issued: 09/12/2000
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/03/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A device for boring a perfusion channel from a vessel into a muscle of a patient, the device comprising:

  • a positioning catheter;

    anchoring means attached to the positioning catheter for selectively anchoring the positioning catheter in the vessel, the anchoring means substantially contacting a circumference of the vessel; and

    a cutting catheter which selectively projects from the positioning catheter, the cutting catheter including a cutting catheter body and a blade which extends substantially radially from the cutting catheter body, the cutting catheter being adapted to create the perfusion channel from the vessel into the muscle.

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