Patent ID: 6428498
Filing Date: 2002-08-06
Classification: A61M

Abstract:
A medical device particularly adapted for debriding an abscess, phlegmon, or hematoma in a human or veterinary patient, for removing debrided and other materials from the abscess and for draining the abscess, comprising:a flexible catheter having a longitudinally extending flow lumen defined therein, a distal tip closing the flow lumen, a side portion extending proximally from the distal tip and a lateral opening formed in and extending through the side portion; and a cutting cannula positionable in and longitudinally slidable in the flow lumen in the catheter and being removable therefrom, having an open distal end and a circumferential cutting edge formed on the open distal end, the circumferential cutting edge moving across the lateral opening of the catheter upon longitudinal sliding movement of the cutting cannula in the flow lumen of the catheter and thereby cutting any material extending from the abscess and through the lateral opening of the catheter; wherein the catheter is composed of at least one of a flexible medical grade material, vinyl, non-radiopaque vinyl, polyethylene, urethane, and a soft polymer material.