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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 04, 2019
Filed:
Jul. 29, 2016
Actuated Medical, Inc., Bellefonte, PA (US);
Roger B Bagwell, Bellefonte, PA (US);
Ryan S Clement, State College, PA (US);
Katherine M Erdley, Boalsburg, PA (US);
Maureen L Mulvihill, Bellefonte, PA (US);
Casey A Scruggs, Middleburg, PA (US);
Douglas R Dillon, Port Matilda, PA (US);
Timothy J Higgins, Mingoville, PA (US);
Actuated Medical, Inc., Bellefonte, PA (US);
Abstract
An occlusion clearing device for a patient has a housing with a motor(s) that generates repetitive motion, which is reciprocating, rotational or both. A clearing stem including a sheath that has a lumen, wherein aspiration is conducted through the sheath lumen. A wire is located in the sheath lumen and receives repetitive motion from the controller. The sheath terminates in a sheath end having at least one sheath opening. The wire terminates in a wire tip, which may be flat, helical, or tubular. The wire tip is positioned within the sheath end, in proximity to the sheath opening(s), and movement of the wire tip and/or sheath end relative to each other creates shearing forces that break up an adjacent occlusion.