Rapid exchange pre-dilator
CA 2602118 C · Owner: Boston Scientific Limited · Inventors: Stenzel, Eric B.
Overview
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A predilation device may comprise a shaft portion and a distal tip having helical threadings. The predilation device may further include a rapid exchange element rotatably coupled to the shaft portion. A guidewire may slidably engage the rapid exchange element and may guide the predilation device to a lesion site. The predilation device may be positioned with the distal tip abutting the lesion. The shaft portion may be rotated thereby , rotating the tip and causing the tip to pass through the lesion and predilate the lesion. In some embodiments, the tip may remove lesion material.
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- Filed March 29, 2006 and granted June 3, 2014. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 29, 2026.
- Certificates of supplementary protection extend only drug patents, and it isn't classified as one.
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