Lithotripsy system having a drill and lateral emitter
AssigneeGyrus ACMI, Inc.
InventorsJeffrey M. Schmitt, Charles Baker
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Abstract
A system to deliver energy to treat a mobile calculus, the system can include a drill and a lateral energy emitter. The drill can be configured to drill a recess into the mobile calculus or a passage through the mobile calculus. The lateral energy emitter can be configured to be advanced into the recess or the passage and to transmit the energy internal to the mobile calculus to fragment the mobile calculus. In some examples, the system can include a deployable capture portion to constrain a stone relative to the capture portion.
Claims21
A system to deliver energy to treat a mobile calculus, the system comprising:
- a drill configured to drill a recess into the mobile calculus or a passage through the mobile calculus;
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- a transducer configured to be advanced into the recess or the passage and to transmit the energy internal to the mobile calculus to fragment the mobile calculus
- wherein at least a portion of the drill is located at a distal end portion of a delivery member having an elongate shaft that is deliverable to a treatment site through a working channel, and wherein the transducer and the drill are coupled to the elongate shaft with the transducer located proximal of the drill.
A method to treat a mobile calculus in a patient, the method comprising:
- drilling a hole in the mobile calculus with a drill to create a recess into the mobile calculus or a passage through the mobile calculus, the drill coupled to a distal end portion of an elongate shaft that is deliverable to a treatment site through a working channel;
- advancing an acoustic transducer into the recess or the passage, the acoustic transducer being coupled to the elongate shaft proximal of the drill;
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- exciting the acoustic transducer to transmit acoustic energy to the mobile calculus to fragment the mobile calculus.
A system to deliver energy to treat a mobile calculus, the system comprising:
- a drill configured to drill a recess into the mobile calculus or a passage through the mobile calculus;
- and
- an energy emitter configured to be advanced into the recess or the passage and to transmit energy internal to the mobile calculus to fragment the mobile calculus
- wherein at least a portion of the drill is located at a distal end portion of a delivery member having an elongate shaft that is deliverable to a treatment site through a working channel, and wherein the energy emitter and the drill are coupled to the elongate shaft with the energy emitter located proximal of the drill.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.