Patents Represented by Attorney Jeffrey P. Wall
  • Patent number: 5766195
    Abstract: A device and method for removing ingrown biological tissue from the fluid passageway of a drainage shunt which has been implanted in a patient to relieve a hydrocephalic condition, includes a tubular catheter which is slidably insertable through the passageway of the drainage shunt. A blade extends from the distal end of the catheter and, as the tubular catheter is rotated, the blade cuts away any biological tissue which has ingrown in the passageway. A viewing element is insertable through the tubular catheter to view the blade's progress through the tubular catheter and determine its relationship with any tissue that has ingrown in the passageway.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 1994
    Date of Patent: June 16, 1998
    Assignee: Cordis Innovasive Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Anthony A. Nobles