US 12,150,629 B2
Lung access device
Josef Koblish, Sunnyvale, CA (US); Chau Cao, San Jose, CA (US); Eza Koch, South Abington Township, PA (US); and Benjamin E. Morris, Jeffersonville, IN (US)
Assigned to Verix Health, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US)
Filed by Verix Health, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US)
Filed on May 1, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/246,623.
Application 17/246,623 is a continuation of application No. 16/997,154, filed on Aug. 19, 2020, granted, now 11,020,099.
Application 16/997,154 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/919,099, filed on Jul. 1, 2020, granted, now 11,033,298.
Prior Publication US 2022/0000461 A1, Jan. 6, 2022
Int. Cl. A61B 10/04 (2006.01); A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/005 (2006.01); A61B 1/018 (2006.01); A61B 1/267 (2006.01); A61B 10/02 (2006.01); A61B 8/12 (2006.01); A61B 10/06 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 10/04 (2013.01) [A61B 1/00105 (2013.01); A61B 1/0052 (2013.01); A61B 1/018 (2013.01); A61B 1/2676 (2013.01); A61B 10/0233 (2013.01); A61B 8/12 (2013.01); A61B 2010/0208 (2013.01); A61B 10/0283 (2013.01); A61B 2010/045 (2013.01); A61B 10/06 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A pulmonary access device, comprising:
an elongated shaft having a proximal shaft section, a bendable shaft section configured for being deflected into a curve, a distal shaft section, and a distal tip;
an elongated sheath having a proximal sheath section, a malleable distal sheath section, and a working channel, the working channel configured for slidably receiving the elongated shaft; and
a handle assembly including a handle body, a proximal end of the elongated shaft being affixed to the handle body, a proximal end of the elongated sheath being removably affixed to the handle body;
wherein the malleable distal sheath section configured for being distally advanced over the bendable shaft section, such that the malleable distal sheath section assumes the curve of the bendable shaft section; and
wherein the elongated shaft is configured for being removed from the working channel of the elongated shaft, and the malleable distal sheath section is configured for retaining the assumed curve of the bendable shaft section after the elongated shaft is removed from the working channel of the elongated sheath.