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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 07, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 11, 2013
Actuated Medical, Inc., Bellefonte, PA (US);
Ryan S Clement, State College, PA (US);
Roger B Bagwell, Bellefonte, PA (US);
Katherine M Erdley, Boalsburg, PA (US);
Brian M Park, Bellefonte, PA (US);
Casey A Scruggs, Middleburg, PA (US);
Maureen L Mulvihill, Bellefonte, PA (US);
Gabriela Hernandez Meza, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Actuated Medical, Inc., Bellefonte, PA (US);
Abstract
A device for removing secretions from an artificial tube is provided. The device may include a clearing catheter and a driving mechanism that may apply repetitive motion to the clearing catheter. In another version of the device, the clearing catheter may dispense irrigation fluid and aspirate the irrigation fluid. The clearing catheter may have an irrigation and an aspiration lumen that may both reciprocate with the clearing catheter. In another version a compliant member into which irrigation fluid is located may be present.