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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 11, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 19, 2014
Applicant:
Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Inventors:
Aaron Kirkemo, Gladstone, NJ (US);
Jamie Li, Lexington, MA (US);
Assignee:
Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/3203 (2006.01); A61B 17/34 (2006.01); A61B 17/42 (2006.01); A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/018 (2006.01); A61B 1/32 (2006.01); A61B 17/32 (2006.01); A61B 1/303 (2006.01); A61B 1/31 (2006.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/3203 (2013.01); A61B 1/0014 (2013.01); A61B 1/018 (2013.01); A61B 1/32 (2013.01); A61B 17/3417 (2013.01); A61B 17/3478 (2013.01); A61B 17/42 (2013.01); A61B 1/303 (2013.01); A61B 1/31 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00805 (2013.01); A61B 2017/320044 (2013.01); A61B 2017/3405 (2013.01); A61B 2017/3456 (2013.01); A61B 2090/065 (2016.02);
Abstract
In one embodiment, a medical device may include an insertion member configured to be inserted into a body opening, and a needle member, movably coupled to the insertion member, configured to be inserted into the body opening. The needle member may include a lumen configured to transfer dissection fluid, a blunt tip located on a distal end of the needle member, and an opening disposed proximate to the blunt tip that is configured to discharge the dissection fluid into a space between tissue layers.