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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 25, 2024
Filed:
Jan. 28, 2022
Applicant:
Minerva Surgical, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Inventors:
Aaron Germain, Campbell, CA (US);
Kyle Klein, San Jose, CA (US);
Michael D. Walker, San Francisco, CA (US);
Benedek Orczy-Timko, Budapest, HU;
Assignee:
MINERVA SURGICAL, INC., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 18/18 (2006.01); A61B 18/04 (2006.01); A61B 18/14 (2006.01); A61B 90/30 (2016.01); A61B 18/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 18/1485 (2013.01); A61B 18/042 (2013.01); A61B 18/18 (2013.01); A61B 90/30 (2016.02); A61B 2018/00083 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00559 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00601 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00982 (2013.01); A61B 2018/142 (2013.01); A61B 2218/002 (2013.01); A61B 2218/007 (2013.01);
Abstract
A tissue resection device comprises inner and outer coaxial sleeves. The outer sleeve has a cutting window formed therein, and the inner sleeve has a distal cutting end that can be reciprocated past the cutting window. The sleeves comprise electrodes to provide electrosurgical cutting, and an edge portion of the window includes a dielectric material.