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Cutting wire assembly for use with a catheter

  • US 8,702,736 B2
  • Filed: 09/07/2011
  • Issued: 04/22/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/22/2010
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method of treating a lesion in a body lumen of a patient'"'"'s body, the method comprising:

  • providing a cutting member;

    connecting a tracking member to the cutting member to form an assembly;

    inserting the connected cutting member and tracking member into the body lumen;

    subsequently inserting a catheter over a proximal end of the tracking member extending outside the patient'"'"'s body so the tracking member extends through a first lumen of the catheter and the cutting member does not extend through the first lumen; and

    moving the cutting member away from the tracking member into cutting contact with the lesion to enlarge a passageway in the body lumen.

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