US Patent:
20180070965, Mar 15, 2018
Inventors:
Thomas A. Wiita - Vancouver WA, US
Thomas K. Kelly - Camas WA, US
International Classification:
A61B 17/22
A61B 17/3207
A61M 29/02
A61F 2/06
A61B 17/04
Abstract:
Technology by which, collectively, deposits of stemotic and restenotic plaque are more efficiently and more effectively removed from arteries is disclosed, including kit and method techniques by which arterial plaque is sequentially treated through a surgically-created arterial opening, followed by sequential arterial insertion and removal of medical instruments and appliances by which a bond at the interface between the plaque and the arterial well is first disunified and destrengthened with the arterial wall materially stretched away from the plaque, after which plaque is excavated and removed and, in some instances, a novel tubular graft and encased proximal stent adheringly installed.