US 11,937,779 B2
Directed fluidics
Jason Joseph Hsu, Mountain View, CA (US); Ka Chun Wong, South San Francisco, CA (US); Rachel Leigh Chok, Sunnyvale, CA (US); Joshua F. DeFonzo, San Carlos, CA (US); Binh T. Nguyen, Newark, CA (US); Vivian Thalia Nguyen, Palo Alto, CA (US); Rishi Nikhil Purohit, Fremont, CA (US); and Joseph A. Urban, Jr., San Carlos, CA (US)
Assigned to Auris Health, Inc., Redwood City, CA (US)
Filed by Auris Health, Inc., Redwood City, CA (US)
Filed on Nov. 24, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/103,044.
Application 17/103,044 is a continuation of application No. 16/212,199, filed on Dec. 6, 2018, granted, now 10,850,013.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/596,711, filed on Dec. 8, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2021/0178032 A1, Jun. 17, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61B 17/22 (2006.01); A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/015 (2006.01); A61B 1/267 (2006.01); A61B 1/307 (2006.01); A61B 10/02 (2006.01); A61B 50/13 (2016.01); A61M 1/00 (2006.01); A61M 3/02 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/221 (2006.01); A61B 17/34 (2006.01); A61B 18/26 (2006.01); A61B 46/10 (2016.01)
CPC A61B 1/00149 (2013.01) [A61B 1/015 (2013.01); A61B 1/2676 (2013.01); A61B 1/307 (2013.01); A61B 10/0283 (2013.01); A61B 17/22012 (2013.01); A61B 17/2202 (2013.01); A61B 50/13 (2016.02); A61M 1/74 (2021.05); A61M 1/77 (2021.05); A61M 3/0202 (2021.05); A61M 3/0258 (2013.01); A61M 3/0283 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00199 (2013.01); A61B 2017/22079 (2013.01); A61B 17/221 (2013.01); A61B 17/34 (2013.01); A61B 18/26 (2013.01); A61B 46/10 (2016.02); A61B 2217/005 (2013.01); A61B 2217/007 (2013.01); A61B 2218/002 (2013.01); A61B 2218/007 (2013.01); A61M 1/772 (2021.05); A61M 2205/18 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3331 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3334 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A method of administering fluidics during a medical procedure for removing a kidney stone, the method comprising:
inserting a first medical instrument percutaneously to a treatment site, the first medical instrument comprising a first fluid channel and a second fluid channel;
advancing a second medical instrument through a patient lumen to the treatment site, the second medical instrument deploying a lithotripter;
providing irrigation to the treatment site through the first fluid channel of the first medical instrument;
holding the kidney stone against the first medical instrument using the irrigation provided through the first fluid channel; and
breaking up the held kidney stone with the lithotripter deployed by the second medical instrument.