US 12,220,161 B2
Medical devices and related methods
Yin Xia, Shanghai (CN); Longsheng Cai, Shanghai (CN); Xinzhe Pei, Shanghai (CN); and Minfeng Hua, Shanghai (CN)
Assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US)
Filed by Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US)
Filed on Dec. 14, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/539,401.
Application 18/539,401 is a continuation of application No. 17/123,236, filed on Dec. 16, 2020, granted, now 11,877,793.
Claims priority of application No. 201911302755.6 (CN), filed on Dec. 17, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2024/0108400 A1, Apr. 4, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61B 18/14 (2006.01); A61B 18/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 18/1477 (2013.01) [A61B 2018/00083 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00136 (2013.01); A61B 2218/002 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A medical device, comprising:
a device shaft, including a distal end;
an electrode shaft configured to deliver energy to a treatment site, wherein the electrode shaft is coupled to and longitudinally movable relative to the device shaft;
an insulation tip coupled to a distal tip of the electrode shaft; and
an end cap at the distal end of the device shaft,
wherein the insulation tip covers an entirety of the distal tip of the electrode shaft,
wherein the end cap includes a central opening through which the electrode shaft is movable, and wherein the end cap includes a stop surface,
wherein the electrode shaft includes a first longitudinal portion, a second longitudinal portion proximal of the first longitudinal portion, and a transition portion between the first longitudinal portion and the second longitudinal portion, and wherein the transition portion is configured to engage with the stop surface of the end cap to limit a distal extension of the electrode shaft, and
wherein the first longitudinal portion includes a cross-sectional width less than a cross-sectional width of the second longitudinal portion.