Patent ID: 9308016
Filing Date: 2016-04-12
CPC Classification: A61B,A61M

Claim Text:
1. A method of treating a region of a blood vessel comprising: identifying a first arterial site at or below the knee having occlusive material forming a lesion; introducing a distal end of a catheter at an access site above the knee, wherein the catheter comprises a cutting assembly at the distal end of the catheter and a slotted tube comprising a first slot pattern in a proximal portion of the catheter and a second slot pattern in a distal portion of the catheter, the cutting assembly comprising: advancing the cutting assembly to the first arterial site; rotating the distal cutter of the cutting assembly to remove occlusive material from the lesion; cutting or grinding the occlusive material into smaller pieces using the cutter core adapter; and removing the occlusive material through an aspiration port.