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Extendable flushing system

  • US 8,828,072 B2
  • Filed: 07/19/2011
  • Issued: 09/09/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/20/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An extendable flushing system for use with a medical device having an elongate shaft with a lumen extending therethrough, the extendable flushing system comprising:

  • flexible tubing having an extended configuration and a compressed configuration, a first tubing end and a second tubing end;

    a flush port having a first lumen operably connected to the first tubing end and an opening configured to receive fluid therethrough;

    a shuttle assembly operably connected to the second tubing end forming a fluid flow path with the flush port and the shuttle assembly, the shuttle assembly configured to be fluidly connected to an elongate shaft lumen and the shuttle assembly movably positionable relative to the flush port and configured to move the flexible tubing between the compressed configuration and the extended configuration;

    an outer sheath operably connected to the flush port and the shuttle assembly and movably positionable with the shuttle assembly; and

    an inner catheter coaxially extendable through a lumen of the outer sheath, the shuttle assembly and the outer sheath longitudinally movable relative to the inner catheter.

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