US2018153611A1PendingUtilityA1

Vacuum powered rotary devices and methods

Individually held — no corporate assignee on recordPriority: Feb 10, 2012Filed: Aug 23, 2017Published: Jun 7, 2018
Est. expiryFeb 10, 2032(~5.6 yrs left)· nominal 20-yr term from priority
A61B 18/148A61B 2017/0023A61B 17/32053A61B 17/32002A61B 17/32A61B 2017/320024A61B 2017/00544A61B 2217/005A61B 2018/00595A61B 2017/320064A61B 2018/00577
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Abstract

The present devices and methods relate generally to vacuum or suction powered medical devices and methods for cutting, resecting, excising, morcellating and/or evacuating tissue from various regions of a patient's body, in certain variations, the devices may produce a rotational motion by converting a linear reciprocating motion to a rotational motion, causing a cutting shaft or other tool to rotate to perform work on a tissue in various regions of the body.

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What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A method for performing work on tissue in the human body comprising:
 positioning an operable element located on a distal end of a medical device against a target tissue;   powering the medical device with suction such that the suction drives a mechanism that produces linear reciprocating motion;   converting the linear reciprocating motion into a rotary motion; and   causing, via the rotary motion, the operable element to rotate, whereby the operable element performs work on the target tissue.

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