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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 15, 2010
Like Que, Union City, CA (US);
James A. Teague, Spencer, IN (US);
James S. Bates, Sparta, NJ (US);
Stéphane Gobron, Mt. Prospect, IL (US);
Tim Ward, Bedford, IN (US);
Like Que, Union City, CA (US);
James A. Teague, Spencer, IN (US);
James S. Bates, Sparta, NJ (US);
Stéphane Gobron, Mt. Prospect, IL (US);
Tim Ward, Bedford, IN (US);
Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Abstract
A medical retrieval device includes a basket formed of two or more loops. The basket may be used to retrieve material (e.g., a urinary stone) from a body. The basket opens and closes for end-encapsulation of a stone and is strengthened by support members that interconnect the basket loops. A captured stone may be released from the basket with the basket still in the body by opening the loops.