Spring Action Medical Device

A spring action medical device includes a spring that may propel a hammer component in a distal direction when the spring is released from a loaded state. When propelled forward by the spring, the hammer component makes contact with a distal tip of the medical device. The distal tip may then transfe...

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Hauptverfasser: DECKARD MICHAEL D, LENTZ DAVID C, KAY, JR. THOMAS A, MOORE WILLIAM F, HARDERT MICHAEL W, MELSHEIMER JEFFRY S, ELSESSER JAMES C
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:A spring action medical device includes a spring that may propel a hammer component in a distal direction when the spring is released from a loaded state. When propelled forward by the spring, the hammer component makes contact with a distal tip of the medical device. The distal tip may then transfer a force to an external object, such as an occlusion in a body lumen.