US 12,251,262 B2
Vascular device insertion system and apparatus
Aseem Singh, Tempe, AZ (US)
Assigned to Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc., Franklin Lakes, NJ (US)
Appl. No. 17/906,915
Filed by Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc., Franklin Lakes, NJ (US)
PCT Filed Mar. 31, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/025879
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 21, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/201835, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 7, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0112959 A1, Apr. 13, 2023
Int. Cl. A61B 8/00 (2006.01); A61B 8/12 (2006.01); A61M 25/00 (2006.01); A61M 25/01 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 8/42 (2013.01) [A61B 8/12 (2013.01); A61B 8/445 (2013.01); A61M 25/0097 (2013.01); A61M 25/0113 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A vascular device insertion system, comprising:
a support catheter having a hub, a flexible elongate member that extends distally from the hub, and a catheter lumen that extends through the hub and the flexible elongate member;
an insertion module housing configured to contain a motor having a hollow motor shaft arranged along a longitudinal axis, the hollow motor shaft having a proximal end, a distal end, a distal end portion, and an elongate opening that extends from the proximal end to the distal end along the longitudinal axis, the distal end portion of the hollow motor shaft configured to couple to the hub of the support catheter, and wherein the elongate opening of the hollow motor shaft and the catheter lumen of the support catheter together define a continuous passage; and
a motor controller electrically coupled to the motor, the motor controller configured to control the motor so as to rotationally oscillate the hollow motor shaft about the longitudinal axis, and to in turn rotationally oscillate the support catheter.