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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 02, 2024
Filed:
Aug. 12, 2021
Applicant:
Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
John Bertram Barritt, San Jose, CA (US);
Yuichi Tada, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Assignee:
TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/22 (2006.01); A61B 17/3207 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/22031 (2013.01); A61B 17/320758 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00862 (2013.01);
Abstract
A medical device for cutting substances inside a body lumen includes a flexible and elongated drive shaft including a distal portion and a proximal portion, a cutting member connected to the distal portion of the drive shaft to be rotatable with the drive shaft, and a hub located at the proximal portion and supporting the drive shaft, the hub including a first bearing mounted on the drive shaft and an elastic ring that is made of an elastic material on an outer periphery of the first bearing.