US 11,986,206 B2
Atherectomy system
Joshin Sahadevan, Bangalore (IN); and Ganesh Rajendran, Bangalore (IN)
Assigned to Boston Scientific Medical Device Limited, Galway (IE)
Filed by BOSTON SCIENTIFIC LIMITED, Hamilton (BM)
Filed on Jun. 24, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/356,942.
Application 17/356,942 is a continuation of application No. 16/236,173, filed on Dec. 28, 2018, granted, now 11,065,030.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/613,023, filed on Jan. 2, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0322052 A1, Oct. 21, 2021
Int. Cl. A61B 17/3207 (2006.01); A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/320758 (2013.01) [A61B 1/00133 (2013.01); A61B 1/0016 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00389 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00477 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An atherectomy device, comprising:
a housing;
a drive mechanism at least partially housed within the housing and configured to couple to an elongate member and rotate the elongate member upon actuation;
a knob assembly in communication with the drive mechanism and comprising a slide adaptor coupled to the drive mechanism and extending through and exterior of the housing, the knob assembly is adjustable to:
longitudinally translate the drive mechanism and the slide adaptor;
releasably fix the drive mechanism and the slide adaptor at an axial position of an axis extending through the drive mechanism; and
switch the drive mechanism between an off mode and an on mode, and
wherein the drive mechanism includes a recess and the slide adaptor includes an extension configured to extend into the recess.