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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2022
Filed:
Nov. 05, 2019
Coloplast A/s, Humlebaek, DK;
Gerard Louis Florent Torchio, Verrieres le Buisson, FR;
Cesare Scoffone, Alba, IT;
David Rigotto, Saint Selve, FR;
Coloplast A/S, Humlebaek, DK;
Abstract
A stiffening device is disclosed that is adapted to cooperate with a flexible kidney stone extractor. The stiffening device includes a tube having a lumen sized to receive a part of flexible kidney stone extractor; a diversion member having a channel that is configured to receive a part of the flexible kidney stone extractor; and a connector coupled between the tube and the diversion member. The connector allows the channel of the diversion member to communicate with the lumen of the tube. A proximal portion of the connector is connected to the diversion member and a distal portion of the connector is connected to the tube.