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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 01, 2009
Applicants:
Rupesh Desai, San Jose, CA (US);
Steven Yee, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Robert S. Behl, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Inventors:
Rupesh Desai, San Jose, CA (US);
Steven Yee, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Robert S. Behl, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Assignee:
Percutaneous Systems, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 18/18 (2006.01); A61B 19/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/221 (2006.01); A61B 18/26 (2006.01); A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 18/24 (2006.01); A61B 17/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/221 (2013.01); A61B 18/26 (2013.01); A61B 1/00085 (2013.01); A61B 18/24 (2013.01); A61B 2017/22014 (2013.01); A61B 2017/2215 (2013.01); A61B 2019/5217 (2013.01);
Abstract
A stone capture device comprises a shaft with a deployable sweeping structure at its distal end. The shaft is adapted to be removably placed over and connected to a conventional ureteroscope. The combination of the stone capture device and ureteroscope can be introduced into the urinary tract to capture, fragment, and remove stones from the bladder and kidney.