Interventional catheters having cutter assemblies and differential cutting surfaces for use in such assemblies

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8852219
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11866967

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A rotatable operating head for removal of obstructive material from a target site in a body lumen or cavity is operably connected to a rotatable, translatable drive shaft, that is driven by a drive motor and received through an elongated catheter. The operating head includes a plurality of differential cutting blades, with at least one of the cutting blades being a stepped blade, the stepped blade comprising a raised cutting surface positioned adjacent, or in proximity to, a shoulder region.

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  • BOSTON SCIENTIFIC LIMITED

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Torrance, Casey Seattle, US 28 3225
Wulfman, Edward I Woodinville, US 34 5213

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