Devices for clearing blockages in artificial and natural lumens

US10307340B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Actuated Medical, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Roger B. Bagwell · Bellefonte, US
• Ryan S. Clement · State College, US
• Katherine M Erdley · Boalsburg, US
• Maureen L. Mulvihill · Bellefonte, US
• Casey A. Scruggs · Middleburg, US
• Douglas R. Dillon · Port Matilda, US
• Timothy J. Higgins · Springfield, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 29, 2016
• Grant date: Jun 4, 2019
• Expiry date: Aug 29, 2037

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61M2025/0019
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

An occlusion clearing device for a patient has a housing with a motor(s) that generates repetitive motion, which is reciprocating, rotational or both. A clearing stem including a sheath that has a lumen, wherein aspiration is conducted through the sheath lumen. A wire is located in the sheath lumen and receives repetitive motion from the controller. The sheath terminates in a sheath end having at least one sheath opening. The wire terminates in a wire tip, which may be flat, helical, or tubular. The wire tip is positioned within the sheath end, in proximity to the sheath opening(s), and movement of the wire tip and/or sheath end relative to each other creates shearing forces that break up an adjacent occlusion.