US 11,883,042 B2
Medical device for stone management
Jeffry S. Melsheimer, Springville, IN (US); and Donald Sandmore, Ellettsville, IN (US)
Assigned to Cook Medical Technologies LLC, Bloomington, IN (US)
Filed by Cook Medical Technologies LLC, Bloomington, IN (US)
Filed on Nov. 8, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/520,838.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/112,283, filed on Nov. 11, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0142659 A1, May 12, 2022
Int. Cl. A61B 17/22 (2006.01); A61M 25/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/22 (2013.01) [A61B 2017/0042 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00367 (2013.01); A61B 2017/22079 (2013.01); A61B 2217/005 (2013.01); A61M 2025/0039 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A medical device for stone management, comprising:
a catheter comprising a proximal end, a distal end, and a first lumen and a second lumen disposed therethrough;
a handle assembly interconnected with the proximal end of the catheter, the handle assembly comprising a body defining an interior cavity, a first section and a second section;
an interior passageway disposed within the interior cavity and in fluid communication with the first lumen of the catheter; the interior passageway having an angled configuration with respect to the catheter and having a first end and a second end;
a valve assembly positioned within the interior passageway, the valve assembly moveable between a first position and a second position;
an actuator assembly engaged with the valve assembly; and
a vacuum port in fluid communication with the interior passageway and positioned on the second section of the handle;
wherein the second section of the handle assembly forms an angle with respect to the first section of the handle assembly,
wherein the actuator allows for incremental movement of the valve assembly between the first position to the second position, and
wherein the second end of the interior passageway is adjacent to the vacuum port.