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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 30, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 08, 2010
Adrian Garcia, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Ting Tina YE, San Jose, CA (US);
Quang Q Tran, Redwood City, CA (US);
Bart Bojanowski, San Jose, CA (US);
Alec Piplani, San Jose, CA (US);
Aaron Lee Berez, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Adrian Garcia, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Ting Tina Ye, San Jose, CA (US);
Quang Q Tran, Redwood City, CA (US);
Bart Bojanowski, San Jose, CA (US);
Alec Piplani, San Jose, CA (US);
Aaron Lee Berez, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Tyco Healtcare Group LP, Mansfield, MA (US);
Abstract
An intracorporeal grasping device includes a tubular member for entering a lumen of a human body and the tubular member having a distal end portion. An elongated core member is disposed within the interior cavity of the tubular member for rotational or slidable movement within the tubular member and the elongated core member having a proximal end portion and a distal end portion. The elongated core member includes a grasping configuration for capturing an object (e.g., clot or debris) therein.