Patent ID: 11896508
Assignee: TRANSIT SCIENTIFIC, LLC
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. An exoskeleton device advanceable over a balloon catheter, comprising: an expandable section advanceable over a balloon of the balloon catheter, the expandable section including a plurality of struts, each strut extending along a length of the expandable section with the plurality of struts being positioned around a circumference of the expandable section, each strut of the plurality of struts having a longitudinal axis and including a plurality of sections, each section defined by a pair of parallel slits through the expandable section, each slit of the pair of parallel slits separating the section of a strut of the plurality of struts from an adjacent section of an adjacent strut of the plurality of struts, an arrangement of slits of the expandable section rendering the expandable section radially expandable in a manner that rotates each strut about the longitudinal axis of the strut to enable the strut to score a tissue adjacent to the strut, each strut including an interior surface and a scoring edge, the interior surface of the strut carrying a medicament, the medicament being contained within the expandable section while the strut is in a closed orientation and exposed to an environment outside the expandable section and deliverable to a score mark formed in the tissue by the strut when the strut is in an open orientation.