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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 26, 2022
Filed:
Dec. 11, 2017
Georgia Tech Research Corporation, Atlanta, GA (US);
Duke University, Durham, NC (US);
R. Rand Allingham, Durham, NC (US);
C. Ross Ethier, Atlanta, GA (US);
Jordan David Rehwaldt, Atlanta, GA (US);
GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORPORATION, Atlanta, GA (US);
DUKE UNIVERSITY, Durham, NC (US);
Abstract
Various implementations include a tissue lifting device that is operable using one hand. The device includes a housing, an actuator that is slidably moveable through a channel within the housing, and a lifting mechanism adjacent a distal end of the housing. The actuator causes the lifting mechanism to lift a tissue. In some implementations, the housing includes a needle adjacent the distal end of the housing that punctures the tissue and allows for injection of a composition behind the tissue. The lifting mechanism according to some implementations is a suction-based (or aspiration) system. And, in other implementations, the lifting mechanism is a grasping system.