US 12,185,965 B2
Distally generated ultrasonic motion resection tool
Laura E. Richards, Westfield, IN (US); Kyla Killinger, Denver, CO (US); Kirsten Linnabary, Gahanna, OH (US); and James J. Scutti, Norwell, MA (US)
Assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US)
Filed by Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US)
Filed on May 15, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/317,707.
Application 18/317,707 is a division of application No. 17/082,515, filed on Oct. 28, 2020, granted, now 11,684,383.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/927,427, filed on Oct. 29, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0277209 A1, Sep. 7, 2023
Int. Cl. A61B 17/32 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); B06B 1/06 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/320068 (2013.01) [A61B 17/32002 (2013.01); B06B 1/0611 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00402 (2013.01); A61B 2017/320028 (2013.01); A61B 2017/320077 (2017.08); A61B 2017/320082 (2017.08); B06B 2201/76 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An ultrasonic medical device, comprising:
an elongate sheath;
a sling disposed within a distal portion of the elongate sheath, wherein the sling includes a reflow element extending beyond a distal end of the elongate sheath;
an end effector pivotally attached to the reflow element by a pin;
a transducer housed within a distal portion of the elongate sheath;
a motion block housed within the distal portion of the elongate sheath and between the transducer and the end effector, wherein an arm of the motion block is configured to move along a curved surface of the end effector; and
a torsion spring disposed around the pin within the reflow element.