Title:
CONTROL SYSTEM FOR ROTATIONAL ANGIOPLASTY DEVICE
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO2003034898
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
A method for controlling fluid flow in a rotational atherectomy device (10). A source of fluid is provided through a pump (70) to the rotational atherectomy device, wherein the pump (70) maintains the fluid flow at a minimal rate during a time period when a drive shaft (25) of the device is not rotating. A first control is activated to increase a rate of the fluid flow and second control is activated to initiate a rotation of the drive shaft (25) during another time period when the fluid flow is at the increased rate.
Inventors:
SHTURMAN LEONID
MOROV GEORGY VASILEVICH
MALGICHEV VLADIMIR ALEKSEEVICH
MOROV GEORGY VASILEVICH
MALGICHEV VLADIMIR ALEKSEEVICH
Application Number:
PCT/US2002/033124
Publication Date:
October 23, 2003
Filing Date:
October 17, 2002
Export Citation:
Assignee:
SHTURMAN CARDIOLOGY SYST INC (US)
International Classes:
A61B17/22; A61B17/32; A61M3/02; A61B17/00; A61B; (IPC1-7): A61B17/22
Foreign References:
| US6113615A | 2000-09-05 | |||
| US5836868A | 1998-11-17 |
Other References:
See also references of EP 1448108A4
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