US 12,336,720 B2
Shaver with blood vessel and nerve monitoring features
Fatemeh Akbarian, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA (US); Jetmir Palushi, Irvine, CA (US); and Ehsan Shameli, Irvine, CA (US)
Assigned to Acclarent, Inc., Irvine, CA (US)
Filed by Acclarent, Inc., Irvine, CA (US)
Filed on Oct. 10, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/378,305.
Application 17/384,854 is a division of application No. 15/984,473, filed on May 21, 2018, granted, now 11,103,256, issued on Aug. 31, 2021.
Application 18/378,305 is a continuation of application No. 17/384,854, filed on Jul. 26, 2021, granted, now 11,806,026.
Prior Publication US 2024/0032945 A1, Feb. 1, 2024
Int. Cl. A61B 17/16 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/1659 (2013.01) [A61B 17/1615 (2013.01); A61B 17/1688 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00022 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00061 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00106 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00115 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00398 (2013.01); A61B 2217/005 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A surgical instrument, comprising:
(a) a shaft defining a lumen and a laterally presented window opening, the lumen and the laterally presented window opening being in communication with each other, the laterally presented window opening being configured to receive a first tissue therein from the environment, the shaft comprising a shaft edge at least partially surrounding the laterally presented window opening;
(b) a cutting member comprising a cutting edge configured to be cyclically moved within the lumen of the shaft adjacent to the shaft edge for cutting a tissue portion of the first tissue for removal therefrom; and
(c) a tissue monitor system associated with at least one of the shaft or the cutting member, the tissue monitoring system being configured to detect a second tissue distinct from the first tissue for selectively cutting and removing the first tissue relative to the second tissue, the tissue monitor system comprising a first tissue sensor configured to detect the second tissue, the first tissue sensor being elongate and extending along a majority of a length of the laterally presented window opening.