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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 04, 2010
Filed:
Aug. 01, 2005
Applicants:
Like Que, Santa Clara, CA (US);
George Bourne, Southborough, MA (US);
Juli Curtis, Wilmington, IN (US);
Inventors:
Like Que, Santa Clara, CA (US);
George Bourne, Southborough, MA (US);
Juli Curtis, Wilmington, IN (US);
Assignee:
Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A medical device includes a handle, a sheath, and an object-engaging unit. The distal end portion of the sheath is strong enough to resist being deformed by the object-engaging unit, yet another portion of the sheath is flexible enough to bend sufficiently.