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Flexible transport auger

US11712252B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Medos International Sarl · CH

Inventors

Daniel Thommen · Liestal, CH
Joern Richter · Kandern, DE
Salman Chegini · Bern, CH
Joseph Peterson · South Dartmouth, US
Michael J. O'Neil · West Barnstable, US
Gabriel Greeley · Andover, US
Matthew Brian De Nardo · Watertown, US
Serge Cyril Roux · Boston, US
Ashley Whitney · Somerville, US
John DiVincenzo · Braintree, US
Thomas Martin · Oakland, US

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 11, 2020
Grant date	Aug 1, 2023
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 3, 2041

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61B2017/320024
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A flexible auger design for low-torque transmitting drive shafts, which allows effective tissue material transport through curved, flexible tubes and channels. A hollow auger has a hollow center, so that the helical member hugs the inner wall of the tube and material is transported along the center axis and the inner wall of the tube. The hollow flexible auger allows for transportation of material from an operative location in the patient (material removal) as well as to operative location in the patient (material delivery).

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