Surgery – Instruments – Cutting – puncturing or piercing
Patent
1996-11-13
1998-04-21
Dawson, Glenn K.
Surgery
Instruments
Cutting, puncturing or piercing
606167, 604 22, A61B 1732, A61B 1720
Patent
active
057412871
ABSTRACT:
The invention provides tubular surgical cutters having conical or tapering cutting chambers along substantially the entire length of their cutting apertures. Tissues which are drawn into such a conical chamber and severed from the adjacent tissue are quite easily drawn proximally for aspiration, substantially reducing the likelihood that they will clog the cutter mechanism. In some embodiments, an inner cutting tube having an orifice which is smaller than that of the outer cutting tube limits the size of tissue fragments entrained within the cutting chamber, further reducing the possibility that those fragments will clog the aspiration lumen and interrupt the tissue removal process.
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Alden Donald L.
Christian Jeffrey J.
Dawson Glenn K.
FemRx, Inc.
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