US 12,290,313 B2
Dual-function medical devices with diagnostic and therapeutic tools
Brian M. Talbot, Southborough, MA (US); Kevin Walsh, Wellesley, MA (US); Jeremy DiTullio, North Grafton, MA (US); and Austin G. Johnson, Hudson, 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. 21, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/480,893.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/084,302, filed on Sep. 28, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0096156 A1, Mar. 31, 2022
Int. Cl. A61B 18/22 (2006.01); A61B 8/12 (2006.01); A61B 18/00 (2006.01); A61B 18/14 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 18/22 (2013.01) [A61B 8/12 (2013.01); A61B 18/14 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00184 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00577 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00773 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00982 (2013.01); A61B 2018/2266 (2013.01); A61B 2218/002 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
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1. An apparatus, comprising:
a handle assembly comprising a bifurcation joint, flush port assembly, and a device port configured to receive a therapeutic tool;
an elongate member comprising a first lumen and a second lumen, wherein the bifurcation joint connects the flush port assembly to a proximal end of the first lumen and the device port to a proximal end of the second lumen; and
a diagnostic tool extending though the flush port assembly, through the bifurcation joint, and into the first lumen,
wherein the flush port assembly is configured to rotate, at least partially, about a longitudinal axis of the diagnostic tool.