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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2022
Filed:
Nov. 01, 2016
Edward M. Boyle, Jr., Bend, OR (US);
Edward M. Boyle, Jr., Bend, OR (US);
PRECISION THORACIC, LLC, Irvine, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus are provided to facilitate the minimally invasive removal of tissue biopsies and to facilitate the direct approach to anesthetizing the chest wall, in accordance with embodiments of the present invention. A pull-type cutting devicecomprises two coaxially nested tubes, each extending from a proximal endto a distal end. The first tubedefines a guide wire lumenfor slidingly receiving a guide wire. The second tubeextends over the first tubeand coupled thereto at the distal enddefining an expandable portionadjacent the distal end. The second tubedefines an inflation lumenextending from the shaft proximal endto the expandable portion. The inflation lumencommunicates inflation fluid from the proximal endto the expandable portionso as to inflate and deploy the expandable portion. Disposed adjacent the shaft distal endis a cutting headcomprising the expandable portionhaving a cutting portiondistal from the shaft distal end