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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 16, 2010
Filed:
May. 01, 2006
Omar Vakharia, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Ifung LU, Skokie, IL (US);
Rudolph H. Nobis, Mason, OH (US);
Christopher Paul Swain, London, GB;
Omar Vakharia, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Ifung Lu, Skokie, IL (US);
Rudolph H. Nobis, Mason, OH (US);
Christopher Paul Swain, London, GB;
Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc., Cincinnati, OH (US);
Abstract
Disclosed herein are devices and methods for forming multidirectional cuts in tissue. The tissue cutting devices disclosed herein generally include a flexible elongate member with at least first, second, and third wires that are at least partially constrained within or along a portion of the member. A distal portion of the wires is anchored on or within a portion of the elongate member. When tension is applied to at least one of the wires, such as by an actuator at a proximal end of the device, the elongate member bows while an unconstrained portion of the wire becomes exposed relative to the adjacent portion of the elongate member, assuming a tissue-cutting configuration.