US 11,832,995 B2
Graspable surgical device
Ronald H. Russell, Londonderry, NH (US); Stephen Martone, Nashua, NH (US); David Regan, Pelham, NH (US); Rachana S. Suchdev, Hollis, NH (US); Trevor Jacob Laughlin, Minneapolis, MN (US); and Gary Douglas, Billerica, MA (US)
Assigned to Vascular Technology, Incorporated, Nashua, NH (US)
Filed by Vascular Technology, Incorporated, Nashua, NH (US)
Filed on Jul. 10, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/926,073.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/872,476, filed on Jul. 10, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0008256 A1, Jan. 14, 2021
Int. Cl. A61M 3/02 (2006.01); A61M 39/10 (2006.01); A61M 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01); A61M 39/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 90/08 (2016.02) [A61M 1/77 (2021.05); A61M 3/0283 (2013.01); A61M 39/00 (2013.01); A61M 2039/1077 (2013.01); A61M 2205/02 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for adapting a tubular surgical device for grasping by a surgical instrument, the system comprising:
a graspable component comprising:
a grasper receiving section comprised of a biocompatible material selected from polyurethanes, aliphatic or semialiphatic polyamides, polysulfone, silicone, polycarbonate, polyvinyl chloride, acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS), acrylic, and block copolymers made up of rigid polyamide blocks and soft polyether blocks (PEBAX®),
the grasper receiving section formed from a unitary piece of material, the grasper receiving section comprising
a distal portion comprising one or more diversion holes
to provide an alternative fluid pathway during suction: and
a proximal portion including a male adaptor having a smaller outer diameter than the distal portion, wherein the male adaptor is configured to be disposed within a lumen of a tubular surgical device comprised of polyvinyl chloride, polyurethane, or silicone and wherein a cross section of the distal portion is formed in a shape comprising a pentagon, a hexagon, a heptagon, a nonagon, or a decagon.