US 11,701,013 B2
Suction tool with integrated optical probe and use thereof
Kresimir Franjic, Toronto (CA); Luc Gilles Charron, Toronto (CA); and Siu Wai Jacky Mak, Toronto (CA)
Assigned to Synaptive Medical Inc.
Filed by SYNAPTIVE MEDICAL INC., Toronto (CA)
Filed on Nov. 30, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/106,618.
Application 17/106,618 is a continuation of application No. 15/573,348, granted, now 10,945,615, previously published as PCT/IB2017/051096, filed on Feb. 24, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2021/0085194 A1, Mar. 25, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61B 5/0215 (2006.01); A61F 2/958 (2013.01); A61M 25/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/145 (2006.01); F21V 8/00 (2006.01); G02B 23/24 (2006.01); A61B 1/313 (2006.01); A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/06 (2006.01); A61M 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/32 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 5/0215 (2013.01) [A61B 1/00165 (2013.01); A61B 1/3137 (2013.01); A61B 5/0035 (2013.01); A61B 5/0055 (2013.01); A61B 5/0066 (2013.01); A61B 5/0084 (2013.01); A61B 5/065 (2013.01); A61B 5/14503 (2013.01); A61F 2/958 (2013.01); A61M 1/84 (2021.05); A61M 25/00 (2013.01); G02B 6/0006 (2013.01); G02B 23/2423 (2013.01); A61B 17/320016 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3313 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
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1. A suction device for use in a medical procedure, the device comprising:
an elongated tip, having a hollow tubular body, an outer wall, a tip proximal end, and a tip distal end;
a plurality of optical fibers embedded in the outer wall of the tip body; and
a concentric ring coupled with the tip, having a first end and a second end, the first end coupled with the tip distal end, and the first end having an inner beveled reflective surface opposing the optical fibers near the tip distal end.