US 12,167,883 B2
Medical device including expandable muscle polymer
Katherine Huffer, Chandler, AZ (US); Brandon Simmons, Tempe, AZ (US); Mark Nicholas Wright, Gilbert, AZ (US); Ronda Allard, San Tan Valley, AZ (US); and Casey Hebert, Loveland, CO (US)
Assigned to BARD PERIPHERAL VASCULAR, INC., Franklin Lakes, NJ (US)
Appl. No. 18/022,621
Filed by BARD PERIPHERAL VASCULAR, INC., Franklin Lakes, NJ (US)
PCT Filed Sep. 11, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/050301
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Feb. 22, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/055491, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 17, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0240739 A1, Aug. 3, 2023
Int. Cl. A61B 18/18 (2006.01); A61B 18/08 (2006.01); A61B 18/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 18/082 (2013.01) [A61B 2018/00136 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00154 (2013.01); A61B 2018/0022 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00404 (2013.01); A61B 2018/0041 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00422 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00577 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00601 (2013.01)] 34 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A medical device for ablating tissue in connection with a power source, comprising:
an elongated support;
a heat expandable element secured to the elongated support; and
a heating element adapted for heating the heat expandable element via the power source so as to cause said heat expandable element to expand from a rest position to an expanded position in closer proximity to the tissue to be ablated;
wherein the heat expandable element comprises a body made from a muscle polymer.