US 12,295,611 B2
Infected-tissue extraction device and methods of use thereof
L. Daniel Latt, Tucson, AZ (US); Carlos Urrea-De La Puerta, Tucson, AZ (US); Carolina Gomez Llanos, Tucson, AZ (US); Emilio Araiza, Tucson, AZ (US); Erick De Leon, Tucson, AZ (US); and Eva Richter, Tucson, AZ (US)
Assigned to Arizona Board of Regents on Behalf of the University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ (US)
Filed by Arizona Board of Regents on Behalf of the University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ (US)
Filed on May 1, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/310,529.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/337,145, filed on May 1, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0346419 A1, Nov. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. A61B 17/3207 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01)
CPC A61B 17/320708 (2013.01) [A61B 2017/00477 (2013.01); A61B 2090/0813 (2016.02); A61B 2217/005 (2013.01); A61B 2217/007 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device, comprising:
a handle body comprising:
a first end comprising first and second openings,
a second end comprising third and fourth openings,
a first channel extending through the handle body from the first opening to the third opening,
a second channel extending through the handle body from the second opening to the fourth opening; and
a curette attached thereto, the curette comprising:
a third end comprising fifth and sixth openings,
a fourth end comprising a generally cup-shaped curette head having a scraping edge,
seventh and eighth openings individually located within or proximate the curette head;
a third channel extending through the curette from the fifth opening to the seventh opening, and
a fourth channel extending through the curette from the sixth opening to the eighth opening;
wherein the first opening is in fluid communication with the seventh opening;
wherein the second opening is in fluid communication with the eighth opening.