Patent ID: 7651504
Filing Date: 2010-01-26
Classification: A61B,A61N

Abstract:
1. A device for removing an elongated medical apparatus previously implanted in biological tissue for a medical treatment, comprising: a sheath having a first wall defining a first lumen therein, the first lumen having a distal end and being dimensioned to receive the previously implanted elongated medical apparatus therein, and being adapted to allow advancement of the sheath along the elongated medical apparatus, the sheath also having a second wall defining a second lumen therein, and a third wall defining a third lumen therein, said first wall non-overlapping with either of said second and third walls, said second and third lumens being generally parallel to said first lumen along a length of said sheath, said second and third lumens being positioned adjacent to each other along said sheath length; and a snare contained in the second lumen and the third lumen in the sheath, the snare having a snare loop extending out of the second lumen and the third lumen, at and generally extending around the distal end of the first lumen in the sheath, the snare loop being closeable about the elongated medical apparatus when the elongated medical apparatus is received in the first lumen of the sheath.