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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 20, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 15, 2016
Applicant:
Arkis Biosciences Inc., Knoxville, TN (US);
Inventors:
Chad Eric Seaver, Knoxville, TN (US);
James Chris Arnott, Knoxville, TN (US);
James Alexander Killeffer, Knoxville, TN (US);
Assignee:
Arkis BioSciences Inc., Knoxville, TN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 21/00 (2006.01); A61M 27/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/34 (2006.01); A61M 25/01 (2006.01); A61M 25/09 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 27/006 (2013.01); A61B 17/3415 (2013.01); A61M 25/0194 (2013.01); A61M 25/09041 (2013.01); A61M 2025/09125 (2013.01); A61M 2025/09175 (2013.01);
Abstract
A medical device tunneling system, and a method of using the same, to subcutaneously route trocars, also commonly referred to as tunnelers, or introducers, having a cannula, stylet, and a guidewire stylet, inside a patient during a surgical procedure, such as a ventriculoperitoneal hydrocephalus shunt implantation, from a proximal entry point to a distal end point, in order to subcutaneously route and implant a medical device, such as shunt tubing, in a patient.