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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 03, 2012
Filed:
May. 05, 2005
Applicants:
Eric Cheng, Bloomington, IN (US);
James A. Teague, Spencer, IN (US);
Inventors:
Eric Cheng, Bloomington, IN (US);
James A. Teague, Spencer, IN (US);
Assignee:
Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/24 (2006.01); A61B 17/26 (2006.01); A61M 29/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A medical device includes an elongate member defining a lumen and a tipless basket having a proximal end and a distal end. The basket is retractable within and extendable from the lumen. The basket includes a plurality of proximal legs extending from the proximal end of the basket and a plurality of distal legs extending to the distal end of the basket. Each of the plurality of proximal legs is connected to an end of at least two of the plurality of distal legs between the proximal and distal ends of the basket.