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Medical devices with internal motors

US9435995B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Poinare Systems, Inc. · US

Inventors

Anthony Le · San Jose, US
Nicholas John Richardi · Manteca, US
Clifford Lin · South San Francisco, US

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 13, 2011
Grant date	Sep 6, 2016
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 21, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T74/1987
WIPO fieldOptics
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A medical device includes an elongate member having a proximal end, a distal end, a body extending between the proximal end and the distal end, and a lumen located within the body, and a rotor rotatably supported in the lumen, the rotor having an opening for allowing light to pass theretherough, wherein the rotor is rotatable about an axis that extends through the opening, wherein the elongate member further has a region for allowing an output light to exit therethrough.

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