US 11,883,063 B2
Medical device and its construction
Andrew Wald, Denver, CO (US); Brad Jacobsen, Erie, CO (US); Charles R. Considine, Santa Rosa, CA (US); and Frank Strupeck, Louisville, CO (US)
Assigned to Medtronic Xomed, Inc., Jacksonville, FL (US)
Filed by Medtronic Xomed, Inc., Jacksonville, FL (US)
Filed on May 6, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/404,063.
Application 16/404,063 is a division of application No. 13/871,616, filed on Apr. 26, 2013, granted, now 10,278,729.
Prior Publication US 2019/0254701 A1, Aug. 22, 2019
Int. Cl. A61B 17/34 (2006.01); A61M 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/24 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 90/40 (2016.01); A61B 34/20 (2016.01)
CPC A61B 17/3421 (2013.01) [A61M 1/7411 (2021.05); A61B 17/24 (2013.01); A61B 90/40 (2016.02); A61B 2017/00946 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00964 (2013.01); A61B 2034/2051 (2016.02); Y10T 29/49826 (2015.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of performing a procedure;
providing a tube member in a first configuration and extending from a proximal end to a distal end having at least a first tube member formed from a bendable and malleable aluminum or aluminum alloy tube, the tube member having an internal wall extending from the proximal end to the distal end that is lined with a liner having an external wall that contacts and is fixed along and throughout an entire internal surface of the internal wall;
bending the provided tube member by hand to a desired shape from the first configuration to a second configuration to retain the second configuration without collapsing or closing an open bore extending through the tube member from the proximal end to the distal end while maintaining the liner within the tube member throughout the use of the tube member; and
after bending the provided tube member by hand from the first configuration to the second configuration moving the bent provided tube member in the second configuration having the open bore relative to a subject while retaining the second configuration and inhibiting debris from the aluminum or aluminum alloy tube from exiting and passing through the tube member.