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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:
Nov. 14, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 13, 2012
Applicant:
Microfabrica Inc., Van Nuys, CA (US);
Inventors:
Gregory P. Schmitz, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Gregory B. Arcenio, Redwood City, CA (US);
Ronald Leguidleguid, Union City, CA (US);
Juan Diego Perea, Campbell, CA (US);
Assignee:
Microfabrica Inc., Van Nuys, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/3207 (2006.01); A61B 17/32 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/320758 (2013.01); A61B 17/32002 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00323 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00473 (2013.01); A61B 2017/32006 (2013.01); A61B 2017/320024 (2013.01); A61B 2017/320775 (2013.01); A61B 2217/007 (2013.01);
Abstract
A bendable medical device such as for removing tissue from a subject is provided with a distal housing, an outer support tube, an inner drive tube, a coupler and a commutator portion. The coupler and commutator portion serve to axially constrain a distal end of the inner drive tube during bending, and to supply fluid for lubricating, cooling and irrigating the distal end of the device.