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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 24, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 24, 2009
Clifford M. Liu, Randolph, MA (US);
Bradley D. Elliott, Superior, CO (US);
Jeffrey C. Smith, Poland, IN (US);
Juli L. Curtis, Bloomington, IN (US);
Thomas B. Remm, Cincinati, OH (US);
Clifford M. Liu, Randolph, MA (US);
Bradley D. Elliott, Superior, CO (US);
Jeffrey C. Smith, Poland, IN (US);
Juli L. Curtis, Bloomington, IN (US);
Thomas B. Remm, Cincinati, OH (US);
Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Abstract
A medical device for fragmenting objects and aspirating remaining debris enables a physician or other medical personnel quickly and easily remove objects, such as kidney stones, from a patient. The medical device can include a dual-lumen elongated member and a handle coupled to the elongated member. A first one of the lumens provides a suction passageway, and a second one of the lumens receives a laser fiber for delivering laser energy to an object, such as a kidney stone, within the patient. The handle can include a positioning mechanism to enable the physician by manual manipulation to move and hold in place the laser fiber longitudinally within the second lumen.