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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 16, 2021
Filed:
Mar. 01, 2013
Applicant:
Catch Medical, Llc, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Inventors:
Timothy Nieman, North Salt Lake, UT (US);
Tab Robbins, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Collin George Cowley, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Assignee:
Catch Medical, LLC, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/3205 (2006.01); A61B 17/221 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/32056 (2013.01); A61B 17/221 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0053 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00358 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00469 (2013.01); A61B 2017/2212 (2013.01); A61B 2017/22035 (2013.01);
Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention relate to systems, methods, and apparatus for introducing and/or controlling a snare in a lumen (e.g., a lumen of a catheter tube, a body lumen, etc.). In one example, a snare loading device can reduce the size of a loop on a snare to allow the snare to be inserted into the catheter tube. Furthermore, before and/or after insertion of the snare into the catheter tube, the snare loading device can control the snare, by transferring motion thereto.