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Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2024

Filed:

Sep. 27, 2021
Applicant:

Relievant Medsystems, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);

Inventors:

Brian W. Donovan, San Jose, CA (US);

Alexander Pruitt, San Jose, CA (US);

Assignee:

Relievant Medsystems, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/16 (2006.01); A61B 18/12 (2006.01); A61B 18/14 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 18/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 18/1492 (2013.01); A61B 17/1615 (2013.01); A61B 17/1642 (2013.01); A61B 18/1206 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00309 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00367 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00455 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00867 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00077 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00083 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00202 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00208 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00339 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00565 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00946 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00952 (2013.01); A61B 2018/126 (2013.01);
Abstract

A steerable, or curveable, introducer drill to access a target treatment region within bone along a curved trajectory is disclosed. The drill may include a drive shaft including a proximal rotational member, a distal drill tip, and an elongate shaft portion extending from the proximal rotational member to the distal drill tip. The distal drill tip may be sharp and include cutting flutes. The drill may also include an outer tube surrounding the drive shaft. A distal end portion of the outer tube may include a segmented tube section configured to facilitate controlled bending of the segmented tube section of the outer tube. The drill may also include an actuator operably coupled to the drive shaft and adapted to apply tension to the drive shaft which, in turn, causes the segmented tube section of the outer tube to bend.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Donovan, Brian. (2024). Introducer drill (U.S. Patent No. 12082876). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12082876

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