US 12,082,841 B2
Declogging method and system
Satyanarayana Eedarapalli, Southborough, MA (US); Ahmad Alsaffar, Bartlett, TN (US); and Kevin Cooper Edwards, Olive Branch, MS (US)
Assigned to Gyrus ACMI, Inc., Westborough, MA (US)
Filed by GYRUS ACMI, INC., Westborough, MA (US)
Filed on Mar. 25, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/656,476.
Application 17/656,476 is a division of application No. 16/267,775, filed on Feb. 5, 2019, granted, now 11,304,722.
Prior Publication US 2022/0211405 A1, Jul. 7, 2022
Int. Cl. A61B 17/3205 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/3205 (2013.01) [A61B 2017/00477 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00544 (2013.01); A61B 2217/005 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of clearing an obstruction from a surgical cutting device, the method comprising:
connecting the surgical cutting device having a cutting assembly to a connector of a medical device through a self-closing seal in the connector; and
activating a bulb of the medical device to pressurize the surgical cutting device to clear the obstruction.