Active system for in-situ clearing of secretions and occlusions in tubes

US9561337B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Actuated Medical, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Ryan S. Clement · State College, US
• Roger B. Bagwell · Bellefonte, US
• Katherine M Erdley · Boalsburg, US
• Brian M. Park · Bellefonte, US
• Casey A. Scruggs · Middleburg, US
• Maureen L. Mulvihill · Bellefonte, US
• Gabriela Hernandez Meza · Philadelphia, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 11, 2013
• Grant date: Feb 7, 2017
• Expiry date: Feb 26, 2035

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B08B2209/027
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A device for removing secretions from an artificial tube is provided. The device may include a clearing catheter and a driving mechanism that may apply repetitive motion to the clearing catheter. In another version of the device, the clearing catheter may dispense irrigation fluid and aspirate the irrigation fluid. The clearing catheter may have an irrigation and an aspiration lumen that may both reciprocate with the clearing catheter. In another version a compliant member into which irrigation fluid is located may be present.