Patent ID: 9492192
Filing Date: 2016-11-15
CPC Classification: A61B

Claim Text:
1. A vascular device for cutting material from body lumens, the device comprising: a catheter body sized and configured for advancement in the body lumen, the catheter body having a center axis and including spaced apart proximal and distal ends, a control handle located at the proximal end of the catheter body, a cutter assembly having an outside diameter located at the distal end of the catheter body, the cutter assembly including a cutter rotatable about the center axis to cut occlusive material, a drive mechanism located in the control handle and coupled to the cutter assembly to rotate the cutter, a single controller, located on the control handle, wherein the single controller is moveable in an axial direction along the center axis of the catheter body and in a rotational direction about the central axis of the catheter body, said single controller being configured: wherein said single controller is operative to control rotation of the distal end of the catheter body about the center axis of the catheter body while the distal end of the catheter body is deflected to sweep the cutter assembly in an arc about the center axis to cut occlusive material in a region larger than the outside diameter of the cutter assembly.