Patent ID: 8882798
Filing Date: 2014-11-11
Classification: A61B,A61F

Abstract:
1. A system for retrieving an intragastric balloon, comprising: an elongated delivery tube having a lumen; a balloon retrieval tool disposed and able to slide within the delivery tube lumen, the retrieval tool having a pair of identical grasping arms formed of a flexible material, wherein a distal segment of each grasping arm diverges away from the other grasping arm when expelled from the delivery tube, each arm terminates in a hook that is bent inward toward the hook of the other arm, wherein the hooks are sharpened on their outer curvatures to enable piercing an intragastric balloon when pushed into the side thereof, and wherein the tips of the hooks are relatively dull to facilitate grasping and pulling the deflated balloon rather than piercing of it.