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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 04, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 28, 2021
Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Junichi Kobayashi, Cupertino, CA (US);
Tomonori Hatta, San Jose, CA (US);
Taiga Nakano, Cupertino, CA (US);
TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A treatment method and medical device are disclosed for cutting a substance inside a body lumen. The medical device includes a drive shaft that is rotatable; a cutting unit configured to be rotatably connected to a distal side of the drive shaft; a filter device configured to be inserted in a contracted state, the filter device having an elongated shaft, which interlocks with a filter portion of the filter device; a distal tube, the distal tube being on a distal side of the cutting unit and configured to receive the elongated shaft of the filter device; and a housing on a proximal portion of the drive shaft, the housing including a first drive gear connected to the drive shaft, a second drive gear connected to a motor and meshing with the first drive gear, and a first partition wall arranged between the motor and the second drive gear.