US 12,402,778 B2
Medical device and methods of use
Timothy P. Harrah, Cambridge, MA (US); Christopher L. Oskin, Grafton, MA (US); Derrick Lenz, Pompton Plains, NJ (US); Arpita Banerjee, Bangalore (IN); Sandesh Gavade, Bangalore (IN); Abhijit Takale, Pune (IN); and Pavan Misra, Bangalore (IN)
Assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US)
Filed by Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US)
Filed on Jul. 11, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/350,383.
Application 16/679,406 is a division of application No. 15/415,604, filed on Jan. 25, 2017, granted, now 10,499,936, issued on Dec. 10, 2019.
Application 18/350,383 is a continuation of application No. 16/679,406, filed on Nov. 11, 2019, granted, now 11,737,650.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/288,734, filed on Jan. 29, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2023/0346202 A1, Nov. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/015 (2006.01); A61B 1/307 (2006.01); A61B 17/22 (2006.01); A61B 17/30 (2006.01); A61B 18/24 (2006.01); A61B 18/26 (2006.01); A61M 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 18/00 (2006.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01); A61B 90/30 (2016.01)
CPC A61B 1/00094 (2013.01) [A61B 1/00135 (2013.01); A61B 1/015 (2013.01); A61B 1/307 (2013.01); A61B 17/22 (2013.01); A61B 17/30 (2013.01); A61B 18/245 (2013.01); A61B 18/26 (2013.01); A61M 1/84 (2021.05); A61B 2017/306 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00511 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00982 (2013.01); A61B 90/30 (2016.02); A61B 90/361 (2016.02); A61M 1/85 (2021.05); A61M 2205/106 (2013.01); A61M 2210/1082 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A medical device, comprising:
a delivery device including a tube having a distal end, a proximal end, and a lumen extending between the proximal end and the distal end; and
a member having a distal end, a proximal end, and a lumen extending between the proximal end and the distal end, wherein the lumen is configured to apply suction through the distal end of the member, wherein at least a distal portion of the member is D-shaped with a flat side and a rounded side extending from opposing ends of the flat side;
wherein at least one of the tube or the member is axially movable relative to the other of the tube or the member;
wherein at least a portion of a circumferential exterior of the tube abuts a portion of the flat side of the member; and
wherein an outer portion of the tube includes a flat engaging surface that is complementary to the flat side of the distal portion of the member.
 
7. A medical device, comprising:
a tube having a distal end, a proximal end, and a lumen extending between the proximal end and the distal end; and
a member having a distal end, a proximal end, and a lumen extending between the proximal end and the distal end, wherein the lumen is configured to apply suction through the distal end of the member, wherein at least a distal portion of the member is D-shaped with a flat side and a rounded side extending from opposing ends of the flat side,
wherein at least a portion of a circumferential exterior of the tube includes a flat engaging surface that is complementary to and abuts a portion of the flat side of the member,
wherein the tube includes a partially circular portion extended from opposite sides of the flat engaging surface, and
wherein at least one of the tube or the member is axially movable relative to the other of the tube or the member.
 
14. A medical device, comprising:
a delivery device including a tube having a distal end, a proximal end, and a lumen extending between the proximal end and the distal end; and
a member having a distal end, a proximal end, and a lumen extending between the proximal end and the distal end, wherein the lumen is configured to apply suction through the distal end of the member, wherein at least a distal portion of the member is D-shaped with a flat side and a rounded side extending from opposing ends of the flat side;
wherein the member is axially movable relative to the tube such that the member is extendable distally of the tube,
wherein at least a portion of a circumferential exterior of the tube abuts a portion of the flat side of the member,
wherein an outer portion of the tube includes a flat engaging surface that is complementary to the flat side of the distal portion of the member, and
wherein another outer portion of the tube includes a rounded portion extending from opposite sides of the flat engaging surface.