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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 21, 2016
Applicant:
Piranha Medical, Llc, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Inventors:
Robert A. Ganz, Minnetonka, MN (US);
Mark Anders Rydell, Golden Valley, MN (US);
Assignee:
Piranha Medical, LLC, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/50 (2006.01); A61B 17/22 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/3205 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/50 (2013.01); A61B 17/22 (2013.01); A61B 17/32053 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00818 (2013.01); A61B 2017/22079 (2013.01); A61B 2217/005 (2013.01); A61B 2218/007 (2013.01);
Abstract
A device is configured to clear a bolus of food impacted within an esophagus, the device including a catheter tube having a hollow interior and a distal end configured to core the bolus of food and a proximal end configured to be coupled to a source of suction to clear the core.