Patent ID: 8603123
Filing Date: 2013-12-10
Classification: A61B,A61M

Abstract:
1. A probe of configured for transperineal insertion into a prostate for mechanically cutting comprising: a cutting core disposed in a housing, the cutting core having at least one sharp curved edge located in a distal region of the cutting core for cutting, the cutting core also having a channel formed therein for providing aspiration of fluid and bodily material while the sharp curved edge is cutting; the housing disposed around the cutting core, the housing having one or more openings or portals in a distal region thereof, at least one opening or portal being at least partially open at all times during the aspiration of fluid and bodily material; a transparent sheath disposed around the housing, the sheath having a plurality of grooves therein; a handpiece on an outside of a proximal end of the probe, the handpiece disposed around and receiving the cutting core and the housing; and a cone having a truncated cone configuration disposed inside a distal region of the handpiece within an inner surface of the handpiece, wherein the aspiration channel of the cutting core, the housing, and the sheath are received by and extend distally from the cone, the cone having a chamber therein for supplying the plurality of grooves in the sheath with fluid.