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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 16, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 26, 2014
Spiration, Inc., Redmond, WA (US);
David H. Dillard, Grapeview, WA (US);
Clinton L. Finger, Bellevue, WA (US);
Erik Liljegren, Kirkland, WA (US);
Desmond O'Connell, Lake Forest Park, WA (US);
Richard O. Shea, Kenmore, WA (US);
William A. Sirokman, Kirkland, WA (US);
Spiration, Inc., Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A tool for manipulating a foreign body (e.g., a deployed medical device) can include an operative portion. The operative portion can be used to move the foreign body in the proximal and/or distal directions with respect to the removal/repositioning tool and/or the tissue surrounding the foreign body. In some embodiments, the tool can include a compressing portion that can be used to compress the foreign body as the foreign body is pulled by the operative portion in the proximal direction. The tool can further include a sleeve that can be used to transition the operative portion and/or compressing portion between an opened configuration and a closed configuration. In some embodiments, the tool can be used in conjunction with an endoscope to navigate the tool to the site of a foreign body within the body of a patient.