A Medical Device for Forming a Fistula
OwnerSean Wall, Michael Whelan +1inventors
InventorsSean Wall, Michael Whelan, John O'Shea
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Abstract
A medical device for forming a fistula comprises a body portion having a longitudinal axis; a head portion positioned distally of the body portion and configured to be longitudinally moveable relative to the body portion to capture tissue in which the fistula is to be formed between the head portion and the body portion; a first electrical cutting element for cutting the tissue captured between the head portion and body portion; and a cutting edge for cutting the tissue captured between the head portion and body portion.
Claims26
A medical device for forming a fistula, the medical device comprising:
- a body portion having a longitudinal axis;
- a head portion positioned distally of the body portion and configured to be longitudinally moveable relative to the body portion to capture tissue in which the fistula is to be formed between the head portion and the body portion;
- a first electrical cutting element for cutting the tissue captured between the head portion and body portion;
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- a cutting edge for mechanically cutting the tissue captured between the head portion and body portion.
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The medical device of claim 33, wherein, in the open configuration, the one or more flushing ports are disposed between the body portion and the head portion.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.