Patent ID: 11883063
Assignee: MEDTRONIC XOMED, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  Y | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A method of performing a procedure;
providing a tube member in a first configuration and extending from a proximal end to a distal end having at least a first tube member formed from a bendable and malleable aluminum or aluminum alloy tube, the tube member having an internal wall extending from the proximal end to the distal end that is lined with a liner having an external wall that contacts and is fixed along and throughout an entire internal surface of the internal wall;
bending the provided tube member by hand to a desired shape from the first configuration to a second configuration to retain the second configuration without collapsing or closing an open bore extending through the tube member from the proximal end to the distal end while maintaining the liner within the tube member throughout the use of the tube member; and
after bending the provided tube member by hand from the first configuration to the second configuration moving the bent provided tube member in the second configuration having the open bore relative to a subject while retaining the second configuration and inhibiting debris from the aluminum or aluminum alloy tube from exiting and passing through the tube member.