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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 27, 2018
Applicant:
National University of Ireland Galway, Galway, IE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
National University of Ireland, Galway, Galway, IE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/3207 (2006.01); A61B 17/221 (2006.01); A61B 17/3205 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/320725 (2013.01); A61B 17/221 (2013.01); A61B 17/32056 (2013.01); A61B 17/320758 (2013.01); A61B 17/320783 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00685 (2013.01); A61B 2017/2212 (2013.01); A61B 2017/320008 (2013.01); A61B 2017/320064 (2013.01); A61B 2217/005 (2013.01);
Abstract
Devices of the present disclosure may macerate and extract debris from inside a lumen. Such devices may include an extraction core, a tube including a side wall and a window in the side wall, and a rotatable helical formation disposed inside the tube. In some embodiments, the rotatable helical formation has a variable pitch.