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Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2026

Filed:

Nov. 07, 2022
Applicant:

Bard Access Systems, Inc., Salt Lake City, UT (US);

Inventors:

Liam Doctor, Salt Lake City, UT (US);

Joshua D. Sherwood, Cottonwood Heights, UT (US);

Assignee:

Bard Access Systems, Inc., Salt Lake City, UT (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/02 (2006.01); A61M 29/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/0206 (2013.01); A61M 29/02 (2013.01); A61M 2029/025 (2013.01);
Abstract

A tissue-cutting dilator can include an elongate dilator body, a dilator tip, a plurality of retractable blades, and a cap. The dilator body can include a plurality of longitudinal guide slots along a distal portion of the dilator body. The dilator tip can be formed in the distal portion of the dilator body or coupled to a distal end of the dilator body. The dilator tip can include a plurality of blade slots. The blades can be disposed in the dilator body. The blades can be configured to extend through the blade slots in a ready-to-dilate state of the dilator to cut tissue around an insertion site upon insertion into the insertion site. The cap can be slidably disposed over the dilator body. The cap can cover the dilator tip in at least the ready-to-dilate state of the dilator.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Doctor, Liam. (2026). Tissue-cutting dilators and methods thereof (U.S. Patent No. 12678152). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12678152

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