US 12,290,237 B2
Directed fluidics
Jason Joseph Hsu, Mountain View, CA (US); Ka Chun Wong, South San Francisco, CA (US); Rachel Leigh Chok, Sunnyvale, CA (US); Joshua F. DeFonzo, San Carlos, CA (US); Binh T. Nguyen, Newark, CA (US); Vivian Thalia Nguyen, Palo Alto, CA (US); Rishi Nikhil Purohit, Fremont, CA (US); and Joseph A. Urban, Jr., San Carlos, CA (US)
Assigned to Auris Health, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US)
Filed by Auris Health, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US)
Filed on Feb. 26, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/587,911.
Application 18/587,911 is a continuation of application No. 17/103,044, filed on Nov. 24, 2020, granted, now 11,937,779.
Application 17/103,044 is a continuation of application No. 16/212,199, filed on Dec. 6, 2018, granted, now 10,850,013, issued on Nov. 11, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/596,711, filed on Dec. 8, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2024/0245283 A1, Jul. 25, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/015 (2006.01); A61B 1/267 (2006.01); A61B 1/307 (2006.01); A61B 10/02 (2006.01); A61B 17/22 (2006.01); A61B 50/13 (2016.01); A61M 1/00 (2006.01); A61M 3/02 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/221 (2006.01); A61B 17/34 (2006.01); A61B 18/26 (2006.01); A61B 46/10 (2016.01)
CPC A61B 1/00149 (2013.01) [A61B 1/015 (2013.01); A61B 1/2676 (2013.01); A61B 1/307 (2013.01); A61B 10/0283 (2013.01); A61B 17/22012 (2013.01); A61B 17/2202 (2013.01); A61B 50/13 (2016.02); A61M 1/74 (2021.05); A61M 1/77 (2021.05); A61M 3/0202 (2021.05); A61M 3/0258 (2013.01); A61M 3/0283 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00199 (2013.01); A61B 2017/22079 (2013.01); A61B 17/221 (2013.01); A61B 17/34 (2013.01); A61B 18/26 (2013.01); A61B 46/10 (2016.02); A61B 2217/005 (2013.01); A61B 2217/007 (2013.01); A61B 2218/002 (2013.01); A61B 2218/007 (2013.01); A61M 1/772 (2021.05); A61M 2205/18 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3331 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3334 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A method of administering fluidics during a medical procedure, the method comprising:
advancing a first medical instrument to a treatment site, the first medical instrument including a first fluid channel;
advancing a second medical instrument to the treatment site, the second medical instrument including a second fluid channel;
providing irrigation to the treatment site through the first fluid channel of the first medical instrument;
providing aspiration from the treatment site through the second fluid channel of the second medical instrument; and
holding an object between the first medical instrument and the second medical instrument using the irrigation provided through the first fluid channel and the aspiration provided by the second fluid channel.