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Methods and devices to clear obstructions from medical tubes

  • US 7,951,243 B2
  • Filed: 01/26/2009
  • Issued: 05/31/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/25/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A device for clearing obstructions from a medical tube, the device comprising a shuttle guide tube having an inner diameter, a shuttle member disposed outside the guide tube and adapted to translate along a length thereof, an elongate guide member, a clearance member attached to or formed integrally with said guide member, and a magnetic guide secured to said guide member, said magnetic guide being adapted to be magnetically coupled to said shuttle member through a wall of said guide tube so that translation of said shuttle member along the length thereof induces a corresponding translation of said guide member.

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