US 11,690,640 B2
Systems and methods for surgical procedures using torque driven guide wire
Jeffery B. Ryan, Jr., Whitinsville, MA (US); Sean Buxton, Northbridge, MA (US); Corey Libby, Northbridge, MA (US); Anthony DiBella, Northbridge, MA (US); and Nathan Casey, Northbridge, MA (US)
Assigned to INTERSCOPE, INC., Northbridge, MA (US)
Filed by Interscope, Inc., Northbridge, MA (US)
Filed on Feb. 24, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/184,080.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/981,302, filed on Feb. 25, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0267620 A1, Sep. 2, 2021
Int. Cl. A61B 17/32 (2006.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01)
CPC A61B 17/32002 (2013.01) [A61B 90/39 (2016.02); A61B 2017/320052 (2013.01); A61B 2090/3966 (2016.02); A61B 2217/005 (2013.01); A61B 2217/007 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for removing material from a lumen or duct, comprising:
a guide wire extending from a proximal wire end to a distal wire end; and
a cutting assembly comprising:
a flexible tube extending from a proximal tube end to a distal tube end of the cutting assembly configured to be delivered through a flexible endoscope or via percutaneous access port;
a cutting tool coupled to the distal tube end of the flexible tube, the cutting tool configured to remove the material; and
a locking mechanism configured to couple with a coupling assembly of the guide wire to receive torque provided by a motor coupled to the proximal wire end of the guide wire to rotate the cutting tool to remove the material.