US5423799A
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Surgical instrument
Assignee: Covidien LP
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Filing: 1993-01-28
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Granted: 1995-06-13
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Expires: 2013-01-28
Abstract
Abstract A medical device for removing material from a body vessel comprising a tube, a drive shaft extending through the tube, a stepped root mounted to the drive shaft, a rotatable screw having a distal and proximal end, the screw extending outward from the stepped root to form a helix with an edge, the rotatable screw having a tip and sharp outer cutting edges having a tapered diameter along its length to a minimum diameter at its distal end, and a generally cylindrical housing enclosing the sharp edge of the screw so that the tip of the screw extends outside the housing and enters the tissue, and the sharp edge, in cooperation with the housing, cuts the tissue. The housing has a leading inner edge so that the tissue is removed from the vessel as it enters the housing by cooperation of the screw and the leading inner edge.
Inventors
- 👤 Man F. Shiu
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-22 23:37
CPC Classifications
A; A61; A61B; A61B17/00; A61B17/32; A61B17/3205; A61B17/3207; A61B17/320758; A61B2017/00681; A61B2017/00685; A61B17/22; A61B2017/22038
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 10
Claim 1
Independent Claim
117 words
A medical device for removing material from a body vessel comprising: a tube; a drive shaft extending through the tube; a stepped root mounted to the drive shaft; a rotatable screw having a distal and proximal end, said screw extending outward from the stepped root to form a helix with an edge, the rotatable screw having a tip and sharp outer cutting edges having a tapering diameter along its length to a minimum diameter at its distal end; and a generally cylindrical housing enclosing the sharp edge of the screw so that the tip of the screw extends outside the housing and enters the tissue and the sharp edge in cooperation with the housing cuts the tissue.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
117 words
A medical device for removing material from a body vessel comprising: a tube; a drive shaft extending through the tube; a stepped root mounted to the drive shaft; a rotatable screw having a distal and proximal end, said screw extending outward from the stepped root to form a helix with an edge, the rotatable screw having a tip and sharp outer cutting edges having a tapering diameter along its length to a minimum diameter at its distal end; and a generally cylindrical housing enclosing the sharp edge of the screw so that the tip of the screw extends outside the housing and enters the tissue and the sharp edge in cooperation with the housing cuts the tissue.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
37 words
The device of claim 1 and wherein the housing has a leading inner edge so that tissue is removed from the vessel as it enters the housing by cooperation of the screw with the leading inner edge.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
126 words
A medical device for removing material from a body vessel comprising: a tube; a drive shaft extending through the tube; a stepped root mounted to said drive shaft; a rotatable screw having a distal end and a proximal end, said screw attached to the drive shaft and having a tip and sharp edges; a generally cylindrical housing enclosing the sharp edge of the screw so that the tip of the screw extends outside the housing and enters the tissue and the sharp edge in cooperation with the housing cuts the tissue; and wherein the tip is tapered to facilitate entry of the screw into the tissue to be removed, said tip having a tapering diameter along its length to a minimum diameter at its distal end.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
126 words
A medical device for removing material from a body vessel comprising: a tube; a drive shaft extending through the tube; a stepped root mounted to said drive shaft; a rotatable screw having a distal end and a proximal end, said screw attached to the drive shaft and having a tip and sharp edges; a generally cylindrical housing enclosing the sharp edge of the screw so that the tip of the screw extends outside the housing and enters the tissue and the sharp edge in cooperation with the housing cuts the tissue; and wherein the tip is tapered to facilitate entry of the screw into the tissue to be removed, said tip having a tapering diameter along its length to a minimum diameter at its distal end.
Claim 6
Independent Claim
110 words
A device for cutting tissue from a body vessel comprising: a tube; a drive shaft extending through the tube; a stepped root mounted to the drive shaft; a rotatable screw having a distal and proximal end, said screw extending outward from the stepped root to form a helix with an edge, the rotatable screw having a sharp outer cutting edge having a tapering diameter along its length to a minimum diameter at its distal end; and a housing for the screw extending around a portion of the screw, the housing having a leading inner edge so that the sharp edges and the leading inner edge cooperate to cut the tissue.
Claim 7
Independent Claim
110 words
A device for cutting tissue from a body vessel comprising: a tube; a drive shaft extending through the tube; a stepped root mounted to the drive shaft; a rotatable screw having a distal and proximal end, said screw extending outward from the stepped root to form a helix with an edge, the rotatable screw having a sharp outer cutting edge having a tapering diameter along its length to a minimum diameter at its distal end; and a housing for the screw extending around a portion of the screw, the housing having a leading inner edge so that the sharp edges and the leading inner edge cooperate to cut the tissue.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
19 words
A device according to claim 4 and wherein the tip of the screw extends beyond the leading inner edge.
Claim 9
Independent Claim
133 words
A device for cutting tissue from a body vessel comprising: a tube; a drive shaft extending through the tube; a stepped root mounted to said drive shaft; a rotatable screw having a distal end and a proximal end, said screw attached to the drive shaft and having a sharp edge; and a housing for the screw extending around a portion of the screw, the housing having a leading inner edge so that the sharp edges and the leading inner edge cooperate to cut the tissue and wherein the tip of the screw extends beyond the leading inner edge and wherein the tip is tapered to facilitate entry of the screw into the tissue to be removed, said tip having a tapering diameter along its length to a minimum diameter at its distal end.
Claim 10
Independent Claim
133 words
A device for cutting tissue from a body vessel comprising: a tube; a drive shaft extending through the tube; a stepped root mounted to said drive shaft; a rotatable screw having a distal end and a proximal end, said screw attached to the drive shaft and having a sharp edge; and a housing for the screw extending around a portion of the screw, the housing having a leading inner edge so that the sharp edges and the leading inner edge cooperate to cut the tissue and wherein the tip of the screw extends beyond the leading inner edge and wherein the tip is tapered to facilitate entry of the screw into the tissue to be removed, said tip having a tapering diameter along its length to a minimum diameter at its distal end.
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