Patent ID: 8870893
Filing Date: 2014-10-28
Classification: A61B,A61F,A61M,A61N

Abstract:
1. A device for removing polyps or other tissue from the nose, nasopharynx or paranasal sinus, said device comprising: a flexible catheter having a distal end and a lumen; a flexible tube having an open distal end and a lumen extending therethrough, said flexible tube being rotatably disposed within a lumen of the catheter such that the flexible tube may rotate while the catheter does not rotate; a rotating cutter on the distal end of the flexible tube; an opening formed in the catheter such that matter may be received through the opening and cut by the rotating cutter; a moveable retractor apparatus that is operative to retract matter that has entered the opening into contact with the rotating cutter; and at least one bearing disposed between the catheter and the flexible tube.