DEVICES AND METHODS FOR RESECTING SOFT TISSUE
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Abstract
The present devices and methods relate generally to medical devices and methods for cutting, resecting, excising and/or evacuating tissue from various regions of a patient'"'"'s body. In particular, devices and methods for cutting and/or removing various tissues, e.g., polyps or endometrium, from a uterus or uterine space are provided. Devices and methods for cutting and/or removing various tissues from the human body, such as during laparoscopic or thoracoscopic surgery, are also provided.
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81 Claims
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1-64. -64. (canceled)
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65. A method for resecting tissue from a uterine space comprising:
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visualizing tissue in the uterine space; inserting a cutting device through the vagina and cervix and into the uterine space, wherein the cutting device is connected to a source of suction; powering the cutting device with suction created by the source of suction; and cutting tissue from within the uterine space with the cutting device. - View Dependent Claims (66, 67, 68, 69, 70)
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71. A method for resecting tissue from a uterine space comprising:
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inserting a hysteroscope through a vagina and cervix and into the uterine space; visualizing tissue in the uterine space; inserting a cutting device through a working channel of the hysteroscope and into the uterine space, wherein the cutting device is connected to a source of suction; powering the cutting device with suction created by the source of suction; and cutting tissue from within the uterine space with the cutting device while visualizing the tissue via the hysteroscope. - View Dependent Claims (73, 74, 75, 76, 77)
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72. The method of clam 71, wherein suction created by the suction source causes a mechanism in the cutting device to actuate a cutter of the cutting device in a linear or rotational motion.
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78. A method for resecting tissue from the thoracic cavity of a body comprising:
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inserting the cutting device through a thorax wall and into the thoracic cavity, wherein the cutting device is connected to a source of suction; powering the cutting device with suction created by the source of suction; and cutting tissue from within the thoracic cavity with the cutting device. - View Dependent Claims (79, 80, 81)
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