Excisional devices having selective cutting and atraumatic configurations and methods of using same
US7029451B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 6, 2002 |
| Grant date | Apr 18, 2006 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 16, 2023 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61B10/0266
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Surgical devices include a selectively cutting and atraumatic distal tip that is configured to assume a first configuration in which cutting surface or surfaces thereof are effective to cut tissue and a second configuration in which the cutting surface or surfaces thereof are ineffective to cut tissue.
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