Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Methods and apparatus for plaque disruption
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Application No.: US17863265Application Date: 2022-07-12
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Publication No.: US12011184B2Publication Date: 2024-06-18
- Inventor: Motasim Sirhan , Benjamyn Serna , Bozena Treadwell , John Yan
- Applicant: Elixir Medical Corporation
- Applicant Address: US CA Milpitas
- Assignee: Elixir Medical Corporation
- Current Assignee: Elixir Medical Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Milpitas
- Agency: Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
- Main IPC: A61B17/22
- IPC: A61B17/22 ; A61F2/24 ; A61M25/10 ; A61B17/00

Abstract:
Balloon catheters, sleeves, cages, and endoluminal prostheses are provided with stress-applying and spacing features coupled to expandable surfaces thereof. The stress-applying features may have blunt and/or rounded contact regions which contact tissue or calcified regions in the vasculature. The contact regions dent or fracture occlusive material on the wall of a vascular lumen and/or patient valve leaflets when expanded. The spacing features permit blood, drug, and contrast perfusion past structures expanded in the vasculature, particularly balloon catheters.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220338889A1 METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR PLAQUE DISRUPTION Public/Granted day:2022-10-27
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