Patents Assigned to VASCURE LTD.
  • ATHERECTOMY METHODS AND APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20080161840
    Abstract: Apparatus is provided for removing plaque from a blood vessel of a subject, including a catheter shaped to define an opening that is placed in the blood vessel. A pressure source propels a fluid jet through the opening, and a pressure sensor detects a pressure in the blood vessel induced by the jet. A control unit steers the jet in response to the detected pressure. Other embodiments are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2007
    Publication date: July 3, 2008
    Applicant: VASCURE LTD.
    Inventors: Ricardo Osiroff, Izhak Kirshenbaum, Yaniv Garty, Yosi Weitzman, Ariel Ben-Porath, Yossi Gross