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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 01, 2018
Filed:
May. 14, 2015
Applicant:
Gerald W. Dryden, Louisville, KY (US);
Inventor:
Gerald W. Dryden, Louisville, KY (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/24 (2006.01); A61B 17/221 (2006.01); A61B 17/22 (2006.01); A61B 17/50 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/221 (2013.01); A61B 17/00234 (2013.01); A61B 17/22031 (2013.01); A61B 17/50 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00424 (2013.01); A61B 2017/2212 (2013.01); A61B 2017/2215 (2013.01); A61B 2017/2217 (2013.01); A61B 2017/22035 (2013.01);
Abstract
Apparatus and methods relating to a medical retrieval device that may include or be used with a catheter. A basket is included with an opening that is oriented transverse to the longitudinal direction in which the catheter extends. The basket may be extended and/or retracted relative to the catheter, and/or may be expanded and/or contracted to, for example, facilitate ensnaring and extraction of a foreign body, object, or polyp, etc. from a patient's esophagus, biliary tree, GI tract, urinary tract, abdominal cavity, kidney, bile duct, urethra, etc.