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US 10,307,180 B2Granted
Flexible surgical device for tissue removal
AssigneeCarevature Medical Ltd.
InventorYoseph Weitzman
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Abstract
An elongate tool with a cutting end. In some embodiments the end is bendable. Optionally, the end is bendable between two cutting edges. Optionally or alternatively, the end includes both a forward cutting edge and a side cutting edge. The tool may be sized for hand-held use, with control from outside the body, for treating a spinal stenosis.
Claims20
A surgical device for removing tissue from a body organ comprising:
- an elongated shaft;
- a distal cutting section having a single continuous rotary lateral cutting blade and a tip having a frontal cutting blade, said frontal cutting blade configured for forward cutting of tissue;
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- a user-operated controller proximally attached to said elongated shaft for controlling movement of said continuous rotary cutting blade and of said frontal cutting blade relative to said shaft;
- wherein said distal cutting section includes at least two conduits reaching to a distal end of said lateral cutting blade, said at least two conduits configured to at least one of:
- deliver fluid to the body organ;
- flush a tissue cutting area;
- aspirate at least one of cut tissue and fluid from the body organ;
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- transport at least one of surgical and medical devices to a tissue cutting area.
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A surgical device for removing tissue from a body organ comprising:
- an elongated shaft;
- a distal cutting section having a single continuous rotary lateral cutting blade and a tip having a frontal cutting blade, said frontal cutting blade configured for forward cutting of tissue;
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- a user-operated controller proximally attached to said elongated shaft for controlling movement of said continuous rotary cutting blade and of said frontal cutting blade relative to said shaft;
- wherein said distal cutting section includes at least one drive shaft configured for rotating said lateral cutting blade, said at least one drive shaft additionally configured for at least one of delivering fluid to the body organ and aspirating at least one of cut tissue and fluid from the body organ.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.