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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 09, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 15, 2016
Applicant:
Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd., Yokneam, IL;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd., Yokneam, IL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/32 (2006.01); A61B 17/3207 (2006.01); F16H 19/08 (2006.01); A61F 9/007 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/320758 (2013.01); A61B 17/32002 (2013.01); A61B 17/320783 (2013.01); A61F 9/00763 (2013.01); F16H 19/08 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00424 (2013.01); A61B 2017/320028 (2013.01); A61B 2017/320064 (2013.01);
Abstract
A cutting operation is performed with an apparatus having an elongated sleeve with a port in its distal section. The sleeve is connected to a vacuum source and a rotating shaft is disposed in the lumen of the sleeve. The shaft has a cutting blade at its distal end opposite the port. The blade has two cutting edges, a gear assembly operative to alternately rotate the shaft in a first direction and a second direction about the axis of symmetry of the shaft, and a motor for powering the gear assembly.