Paul L. Frankhouser;Maureen L. Mulvihill;Gabriela Hernandez Meza;Josue Crespo;Debora L. Demers;Roger B. Bagwell;Dana B. Mallen;Brian M. Park
发明人:
Roger B. Bagwell,Paul L. Frankhouser,Maureen L. Mulvihill,Josue Crespo,Brian M. Park,Dana B. Mallen,Gabriela Hernandez Meza,Debora L. Demers
申请号：
US13571104
公开号：
US20130018304A1
申请日:
2012.08.09
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2013
代理人:
摘要：
A device for the in situ clearing of blockages in a tube includes a controller and a clearing member. The controller can have a housing and an actuator for generating repetitive motion. The clearing member can be releasably coupled to the controller and suitable for insertion in the tube. The tube can be at least partially disposed within a living being. The controller can be located external to the living being. The clearing member can have a first end releasably coupled to the actuator, at least one flexible section which permits axial displacement of the clearing member, and a second end suitable for repetitively engaging and disrupting the blockage. The flexible section permits the clearing member to repetitively engage and disrupt the blockage within one of a straight and a curved portion of the artificial tube.
