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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 24, 2025
Filed:
May. 01, 2024
Sonex Health, Inc., Eagan, MN (US);
Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research, Rochester, MN (US);
Darryl E. Barnes, Eagan, MN (US);
Aaron Keenan, Austin, MN (US);
Jay Smith, Inver Grove Heights, MN (US);
Kevin Arnal, Excelsior, MN (US);
Sara Schlick, Excelsior, MN (US);
Sonex Health, Inc., Eagan, MN (US);
Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research, Rochester, MN (US);
Abstract
Methods of using a soft tissue cutting device are disclosed. The methods include providing the soft tissue cutting device, positioning the soft tissue cutting device in a priming slot of a tray configured for receiving and holding the soft tissue cutting device, attaching a priming syringe to the soft tissue cutting device, priming a balloon disposed on a distal end of the soft tissue cutting device by equalizing a first pressure inside the balloon to a second pressure inside the priming syringe, removing the soft tissue cutting device from the priming slot, and positioning the distal end of the soft tissue cutting device on a safety slot included in the tray to determine whether the tissue cutting device has been properly primed.