Patent ID: 9427244
Filing Date: 2016-08-30
CPC Classification: A61B

Claim Text:
1. A medical device for collecting objects from a body vessel, including: a catheter provided with a proximal end, a distal end and a lumen therethrough; an elongate basket provided with a closed first end and an open second end; and an actuator connected to the closed first end of the basket and extending through the lumen of the catheter to the proximal end of the catheter; wherein the catheter and the basket are movable relative to one another between a first configuration in which the first end of the basket is located within the distal end of the catheter and the second end of the basket extends radially out of the catheter and is everted over at least part of the first end of the basket, and a second configuration in which the first end is withdrawn into the catheter and the everted second end is at least partially inverted; and wherein, the medical device is operable so as to move the catheter and the basket from said first configuration to said second configuration, said movement in use causing objects in a body vessel to be drawn into the basket.