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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 16, 2024
Filed:
Nov. 20, 2020
Applicant:
Covidien Lp, Mansfield, MA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Covidien LP, Mansfield, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/22 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/22 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00199 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00561 (2013.01); A61B 2017/22041 (2013.01); A61B 2017/22079 (2013.01);
Abstract
In some examples, a medical aspiration system includes a vacuum source; a vacuum tube coupled to the vacuum source; a vent tube; and a device configured to convert a constant suction force from the vacuum source into a periodic suction force, the device including a housing configured to receive a portion of the vacuum tube and a portion of the vent tube; a first plunger; a second plunger; and a rotatable cam configured to cause the first plunger to periodically compress the vacuum tube and to cause the second plunger to periodically compress the vent tube.