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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jan. 17, 2023

Filed:

Aug. 27, 2019
Applicant:

Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd., Yokneam, IL;

Inventors:

Christopher Thomas Beeckler, Brea, CA (US);

Kevin Mark Okarski, Monrovia, CA (US);

Assaf Govari, Haifa, IL;

Vadim Gliner, Haifa, IL;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/233 (2006.01); A61B 1/01 (2006.01); A61B 1/005 (2006.01); A61B 34/20 (2016.01); A61B 1/05 (2006.01); A61B 17/24 (2006.01); A61B 1/015 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61M 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/00154 (2013.01); A61B 1/00018 (2013.01); A61B 1/0055 (2013.01); A61B 1/00097 (2022.02); A61B 1/01 (2013.01); A61B 1/015 (2013.01); A61B 1/05 (2013.01); A61B 1/233 (2013.01); A61B 17/24 (2013.01); A61B 34/20 (2016.02); A61B 2017/00862 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00946 (2013.01); A61B 2034/2051 (2016.02); A61B 2217/005 (2013.01); A61M 1/84 (2021.05);
Abstract

A surgical tool, consisting of a handle and a flexible insertion tube, having a proximal end coupled to the handle and a distal end configured to be inserted into an orifice of a living subject. The tool has an inner tube, which is bendable without breaking over a range of angles in response to a bending force, and which retains the bent shape after the bending force has been removed. The inner tube is located within the insertion tube. A flexible tubing defines a lumen and is contained within the inner tube. A tool working tip is configured to contact tissue in the subject and to mate with a distal termination of the inner tube. A rigid outer tube grips outer surfaces of the working tip and of the inner tube so as to maintain an opening of the working tip in communication with the flexible tubing lumen.


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