US 12,290,310 B2
Slicing elements for shunting catheters
Rani Abdullah Mahmoudi, Huntington Beach, CA (US)
Assigned to Theraheart Inc., Irvine, CA (US)
Filed by THERAHEART INC., Irvine, CA (US)
Filed on Apr. 5, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/628,225.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/457,663, filed on Apr. 6, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0335228 A1, Oct. 10, 2024
Int. Cl. A61B 18/14 (2006.01); A61B 17/32 (2006.01); A61B 17/34 (2006.01); A61B 18/18 (2006.01); A61B 18/24 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 18/00 (2006.01); A61M 25/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 18/1492 (2013.01) [A61B 17/320068 (2013.01); A61B 17/3496 (2013.01); A61B 18/1815 (2013.01); A61B 18/24 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00778 (2013.01); A61B 2017/320074 (2017.08); A61B 2018/00386 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00577 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00982 (2013.01); A61B 2018/1861 (2013.01); A61M 25/0012 (2013.01); A61M 25/005 (2013.01)] 27 Claims
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1. A shunting catheter, comprising:
a catheter shaft including a shaft lumen; and
a slicing element including a distal end and a proximal end, and comprising a slicing element shaft, a puncture element, and a slicer;
wherein the slicing element is disposed in the shaft lumen at a first state;
wherein the slicing element is extended from the catheter shaft at the proximal end of the slicing element at a second state;
wherein the puncture element is disposed at the distal end of the slicing element;
wherein the slicing element further comprises a mechanical indicator protruded from the slicing element shaft;
wherein the mechanical indicator is configured to act as a mechanical stop for the slicing element by contacting tissue of a patient at the second state.