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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jul. 31, 2018

Filed:

Oct. 09, 2015
Applicant:

Cook Medical Technologies Llc, Bloomington, IN (US);

Inventors:

John M. O'Brien, Lexington, KY (US);

Jorge Jimenez-Rios, Bloomington, IN (US);

Lyle Hundley, Bloomington, IN (US);

Kate Duncan, Mooresville, IN (US);

Melissa Dale, Linton, IN (US);

Matthew J. Terwiske, Bloomington, IN (US);

Assignee:

Cook Medical Technologies LLC, Bloomington, IN (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/44 (2006.01); A61B 17/08 (2006.01); A61B 17/42 (2006.01); A61F 6/20 (2006.01); A61B 17/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/442 (2013.01); A61B 17/42 (2013.01); A61B 17/12 (2013.01); A61B 2017/4216 (2013.01); A61B 2017/4225 (2013.01); A61F 6/202 (2013.01); A61F 6/204 (2013.01);
Abstract

A medical device for interacting with a patient's cervix is provided. The device includes a grasper configured to allow gripping and compression of a patient's cervix when disposed proximate a patient's cervix and an elongate catheter comprising a distal portion that is selectively releasably connectable to the grasper. The grasper is adapted to interact with at least a portion of a patient's cervix when deployed, and a flexible member that extends from a first end portion of the grasper, with a proximal end portion retained by the grasper and an opposite distal end portion extending away from the grasper to a distal tip.


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