Surgery – Means for introducing or removing material from body for... – With means for cutting – scarifying – or vibrating tissue
Patent
1997-11-18
1998-11-10
Thaler, Michael H.
Surgery
Means for introducing or removing material from body for...
With means for cutting, scarifying, or vibrating tissue
606171, A61B 1732
Patent
active
058336435
ABSTRACT:
A surgical tissue cutter. The cutter includes an inner sleeve that moves adjacent to an outer port of an outer sleeve. The outer port is coupled to a source of vacuum that pulls tissue into the outer port when the inner sleeve is moved away from the port. The inner sleeve then moves across the outer port and severs the tissue in a guillotine fashion. The inner sleeve is coupled to a rotating output shaft of a motor by a wobble plate which induces an oscillating translational movement of the sleeve in response to a rotation of the output shaft. The motor speed is controlled by a foot pedal which allows the surgeon to directly control the cutting speed of the device. The wobble plate can be replaced to vary the stroke and duty cycle of the inner sleeve. The inner sleeve is coupled to an aspiration line that pulls the severed tissue out of the cutter. The level of the aspiration vacuum pressure can be controlled by varying the speed of the motor and the movement of the inner sleeve. The inner sleeve functions as both a cutter and a control valve that controls the flow of fluid through the outer port. Controlling the fluid flow at the outer port provides a vacuum control system that has an almost instantaneous response time.
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Boore James C.
Hughes Greggory
Ross Rod
Scieran Technologies, Inc.
Thaler Michael H.
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