Cook Medical Technologies LLC

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Jacqueline Jaworek

Christopher D Bosel

Michael Dorsey

Eric John Trueblood

A system for retrieving an implantable medical device includes a delivery sheath that houses an inflatable balloon catheter and a retrieval device. The retrieval device includes a first support rod and a second support rod and a helix extending between distal ends of the first support rod and the second support rod. The inflatable balloon catheter is translatable into a position between the implantable medical device and a wall of a patient blood vessel. The balloon is inflated to force the device away from the wall. The helical member of the retrieval device is expanded radially be translating the second support rod distally. The helical member is moved over the balloon catheter and the medical device, where rotation of the first support rod will cause the helical member to radially compress to trap the balloon catheter and medical device therein for subsequent retrieval from the body.

Implantable medical device retrieval system, apparatus, and method

A foldable retractor is provided. The retractor includes an arcuate deformable frame that is defined from a first arm extending through a first portion of an outer circumference of the frame, and a second arm that defines a remaining portion of the outer circumference. The first and second arms each include opposite first and second end portions, wherein the respective first end portions and the respective second end portions are hingedly connected together. The first and second arms of the frame are biased toward a first configuration wherein the combined first and second arms are aligned substantially continuously through the combined first and second end portions and the frame extends through substantially a single plane.

Foldable surgical retractor

A body cavity access tube assembly includes a body cavity access tube having an external surface. A collapsible protective sleeve is positioned over the external surface and has a proximal end attached to the body cavity access tube and a distal end attached to a repositioning device The repositioning device is supported on the external surface of the body cavity access tube and has a released configuration wherein the repositioning device and the distal end of the collapsible protective sleeve are movable relative to a longitudinal axis of the body cavity access tube. The repositioning device also has an engaged configuration wherein the repositioning device and the distal end of the collapsible protective sleeve have a fixed position relative to the longitudinal axis of the body cavity access tube.

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Bloomington, IN, United States of America

Jacqueline Jaworek