Inventors:
Jacque Delahoussaye - Livingston TX, US
Nunilon F. Tabermejo - Louisville KY, US
International Classification:
A61B 17/32
Abstract:
A catheter remover includes a T-handle with an actuation mechanism. A shaft is attached and disposed generally perpendicular to the T-handle. The shaft is a hollow shaft with an elongate member therein. The elongate member has a proximal end engaged with the actuation mechanism. A cutting head is attached to a distal end of the shaft. The cutting head includes a plurality of arcuate cutting segments, with each cutting segment attached to a distal end of the shaft and including an outer cylindrical portion and a radially inner cutting portion. Each cutting portion has an arcuate cutting edge.