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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2026
Filed:
Jun. 16, 2022
C. R. Bard, Inc., Franklin Lakes, NJ (US);
Serena R. Agrawal, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Kaitlyn Robinson, Atlanta, GA (US);
Hannah Rose Kriscovich, Marietta, GA (US);
D. Claire Gloeckner, Lilburn, GA (US);
Matthew J. Rothberg, Atlanta, GA (US);
Kelsey Leeke, Atlanta, GA (US);
Zhihui Yin, Lilburn, GA (US);
Nicholas J. Jardine, Holly Springs, NC (US);
C. R. Bard, Inc., Franklin Lakes, NJ (US);
Abstract
A medical instrument for insertion into and removal of kidney stone fragments from a urinary tract of a patient body includes a flexible elongate shaft coupled with a fragment retaining mechanism. The retaining mechanism can be configured to retain a plurality of fragments so that the plurality of fragments is removed from the patient with a single insertion/extraction cycle of the instrument. A fragment gathering mechanism urges fragments toward the retaining mechanism. In use, the instrument can be inserted through a working channel of a ureteroscope.