US 12,262,881 B2
Medical device rotation assemblies and methods of using the same
Katrina Hansen, Denver, CO (US); Robb M. Gavalis, Westborough, MA (US); David Callaghan, Ashland, MA (US); Bernadette Durr, Santa Clara, CA (US); and John B. Golden, Norton, MA (US)
Assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US)
Filed by Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US)
Filed on Sep. 5, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/460,852.
Application 18/460,852 is a continuation of application No. 17/166,875, filed on Feb. 3, 2021, granted, now 11,793,501.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/969,881, filed on Feb. 4, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0404556 A1, Dec. 21, 2023
Int. Cl. A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/34 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/00234 (2013.01) [A61B 2017/00318 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00367 (2013.01); A61B 17/3478 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A medical device, comprising:
a tool; and
a handle including a rotation assembly, wherein the rotation assembly is configured to rotate the tool relative to the handle at predefined angular intervals and inhibit movement at each of the predefined angular intervals;
wherein:
the rotation assembly includes a plurality of arms and at least one slot, wherein the plurality of arms of the rotation assembly extend radially outward relative to the rotation assembly;
the handle includes a plurality of recesses configured to receive the plurality of arms, wherein the plurality of recesses are proximally-facing;
the plurality of recesses define the predefined angular intervals;
rotational movement of the rotation assembly is inhibited when at least one arm of the plurality of arms is engaged with a recess of the plurality of recesses; and
the at least one slot is configured to expand when the at least one arm of the plurality of arms of the rotation assembly is engaged with the recess of the plurality of recesses of the handle.