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US 2023/0263369 A1Published application
Medical systems, devices, and related methods
AssigneeBoston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
InventorsMichael S. H. CHU, Sacha TANG, Mayur Kiran PATEL
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Abstract
A medical system includes an insertion device including a delivery shaft with an internal lumen, a coupling tube coupled to the delivery shaft and configured to receive a medical device, and a liner tube inserted through the internal lumen of the delivery shaft.
Claims21
A method, comprising:
- inserting a delivery shaft of an insertion device and a coupling tube to a treatment site, the coupling tube being coupled to an exterior of the delivery shaft of the insertion device, and the coupling tube being in a collapsed configuration during insertion;
- inserting a liner tube through a lumen in the delivery shaft via a port in a handle of the insertion device;
- inserting a medical device through the coupling tube, wherein inserting the medical device through the coupling tube transitions the coupling tube from the collapsed configuration to an expanded configuration with a lumen that at least partially surrounds the medical device;
- delivering energy through the medical device to break up a kidney stone or a hardened mass;
- delivering fluid through the lumen of the coupling tube;
- applying suction through the liner tube;
- and
- breaking up a clog or blockage that forms within the lumen of the delivery shaft or within the liner tube.
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A method comprising:
- coupling a coupling tube to a delivery shaft of an insertion device;
- inserting the delivery shaft of the insertion device to a treatment site
- inserting a medical device through the coupling tube, wherein inserting the medical device through the coupling tube transitions the coupling tube from a collapsed configuration to an expanded configuration;
- delivering energy through the medical device to break up a hardened mass;
- and
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The method of claim 19, wherein an adapter configured to form a one-way seal around the medical device is coupled to a proximal end of the coupling tube plunger.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.