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Timestamp: 2017-10-17 21:00:57
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Matched Legal Cases: ['Application No. 60', 'Application No. 2016', 'Application No. 2014', 'Application No. 08714094', 'Application No. 08756773', 'Application No. 14841802', 'Application No. 02729222', 'Application No. 0279222', 'Application No. 05755966', 'Application No. 05757183', 'Application No. 05757183', 'Application No. 06112733', 'Application No. 2007', 'Application No. 2007', 'Application No. 2007', 'Application No. 2009', 'Application No. 2010', 'Application No. 02729222', 'Application No. 02729222', 'Application No. 02729222', 'Application No. 05112733', 'Application No. 05755966', 'Application No. 05757183', 'Application No. 2007', 'Application No. 2007', 'Application No. 2007', 'Application No. 2009', 'Application No. 2010', 'Application No. 05757183', 'Application No. 05755966', 'Application No. 05757183', 'Application No. 06112733', 'Application No. 12162767', 'Application No. 02729222']

Patente US9730716 - Retrieval device - Google Patentes
An endoscopic surgical device for retrieving severed tissue or foreign bodies from within a subject is disclosed. The device comprises a support unit and a tissue retrieving net system. The net system is carried by the support unit and may be inserted into the subject through an orifice or small incision...http://www.google.es/patents/US9730716?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatente US9730716 - Retrieval device
Número de publicación US9730716 B2
Número de solicitud US 15/344,915
Fecha de presentación 7 Nov 2016
También publicado como EP1387639A2, EP1387639A4, EP1387639B1, EP2471471A2, EP2471471A3, US6814739, US9486188, US20030004538, US20050165412, US20170086866, WO2002094082A2, WO2002094082A3
Número de publicación 15344915, 344915, US 9730716 B2, US 9730716B2, US-B2-9730716, US9730716 B2, US9730716B2
Inventores Dean J. Secrest, Marlin E. Younker
Cesionario original United States Endoscopy Group, Inc.
Citas de patentes (231), Otras citas (144), Clasificaciones (8), Eventos legales (1)
US 9730716 B2
e. wherein with respect to said support unit, a proximal portion of said net element directly contacts and is secured to the two relatively parallel loop cables.
2. The endoscopic surgical device of claim 1, wherein with respect to said support unit, the proximal portion of said net element is secured to the two relatively parallel loop cables at a location adjacent a shoulder of the connector.
3. The endoscopic surgical device of claim 2, wherein with respect to said support unit, the proximal portion of said net element is secured to the two relatively parallel loop cables at a location adjacent a proximal shoulder of the connector.
4. The endoscopic surgical device of claim 1, wherein the connector holds the two relatively parallel loop cables together.
5. An endoscopic surgical device for retrieving severed tissue or foreign bodies from within a human body, the device comprising:
d. said net system further comprising a first connector and a second connector, wherein with respect to said support unit, proximal ends of the two relatively parallel loop cables are secured to a distal end of the motion transmitting member by the first connector, distal ends of the two relatively parallel loop cables are secured to each other by the second connector;
6. The endoscopic surgical device of claim 5, wherein with respect to said support unit, the proximal portion of said net element is secured to the two relatively parallel loop cables at a location adjacent a shoulder of the second connector.
7. The endoscopic surgical device of claim 6, wherein with respect to said support unit, the proximal portion of said net element is secured to the two relatively parallel loop cables at a location adjacent a proximal shoulder of the second connector.
8. The endoscopic surgical device of claim 5, wherein the second connector holds the two relatively parallel loop cables together.
This application is a continuation of U.S. Non-Provisional patent application Ser. No. 10/965,542 entitled “Retrieval Device,” filed Oct. 14, 2004, which is a divisional of U.S. Non-Provisional patent application Ser. No. 10/146,273 filed May 15, 2002, and issued as U.S. Pat. No. 6,814,739 on Nov. 9, 2004, which claims benefit of U.S. Patent Provisional Application No. 60/292,168, entitled “Retrieval Device,” filed on May 18, 2001, the entire disclosures of which are incorporated herein by reference.
The support unit includes a body and an elongated introducer member. The body defines a first passage therethrough. The introducer has a first end section proximal and fixed with respect to the body and a second end section remote form the body. The introducer member further defines a second passage aligned with the first passage and opening at the second end section.
In a second embodiment, the net system further includes a first connector, a second net connector proximal to the second passage opening, and an intermediate portion defined by an axial space on the loop cables between the first connector and the second connector. The first connector and the second connector are adapted to fasten each loop cable. Ends of the net, element are secured to the loop within the intermediate loop portion between the first connector and the second connector.
An endoscopic surgical device 10 for retrieving severed tissue and or foreign bodies from within a subject is illustrated by the drawings. Referring to FIGS. 1 and 2, in one embodiment, the device 10 comprises a support u nit 12 and a tissue retrieving net system 16. The net system is carried by the unit 12 and is so constructed and arranged that it may be inserted into the subject through an orifice or small incision and operated to retrieve a tissue sample previously detached from the subject by a conventional method, e.g., a snare/cautery system. Accordingly, the net system 16 comprises a net 20, a net actuator 24, and a net deployment and retrieval assembly 28 for transmitting motion between the net and its actuator 24. The net 20 comprises a net element 21 and a net loop 22 and a distal 25 and proximal 26 tie off suture that secures the net.
The device 10 can be used with any suitable or conventional endoscopic or laparascopic surgical equipment. For purposes oft his disclosure the device 10 is described in the context of use with an endoscope/colonoscope/sigmoidoscope type apparatus (not illustrated), of conventional or suitable construction. The scope is provided with an elongated body having a controllably flexible projecting end region. Surgical instruments, such as the device 10, may be introduced through an instrument channel, which extends through the scope body, for retrieving tissue targeted by the surgeon manipulating the scope.
The link 71 extends from the body 30 and within the introducer 40 so that it must flex with the introducer yet transmit compressive and tensile forces. The illustrated link 71 is closely surrounded by the body passage of the introducer passage 40. The link 71 is resiliently stiff compared to the supple introducer. When transmitting compressive forces, the link 71 is resiliently deformed to bow against the introducer wall. The link 71 has good compressive and tensile strength and is somewhat resiliently bendable. The link 71 will bend appreciably without yielding and kinking
A first connector 80 and a second connector 82 fix the loop 22 in two locations with respect to the net 20. The proximal side of the net is tied off at a location 85 between the loop cables. As illustrated in FIG. 3, a tether 27 is used to tie off the proximal side of the net. This tether is shorter than conventional tethers that travel the full length of the introducer. No further tethering system is required, although additional net mounting techniques may be employed in the practice of the invention
The illustrated net loop 22 is formed from a loop of fine wire constructed and arranged to cooperate with the introducer to deploy and retract the net 20 The illustrated loop 22 is a stiff, resilient flexible wire having its respective ends crimped in place in two locations by the first and second connector 80, 82. When the net is deployed from the end of the introducer, the loop resiliently expands to a relaxed condition where the loop width is substantially greater than the introducer diameter. The deployed snare is guided to a position where it receives a target polyp or other tissue. The net is retracted by the surgeon. As the net is retracted into the introducer second end 44 the loop resiliently bears against the introducer wall so the loop resiliently collapses, narrowing the loop portion projecting from the introducer. Tissue or another object captured within the net element 21 is progressively constricted by the elastic nature of the net, allowing for a wide range of sized objects to fit inside the net without compromising the architecture preservation or the security of the object, as the net is being drawn toward the distal end of the introducer.
The net element 21 is an extremely light pouch-like structure having the net loop wire extending through the mesh about its periphery to form a net mouth slidably supported on the loop and a depending pouch. The net fibers are quite fine, yet sufficiently strong that the net element may slide along the loop wire in the direction away from the connectors 80, 82 to enclose tissue within the pouch as the net is retrieved and/or to gather the entire net at the distal net loop end when the net loop has been retrieved. The net has mini mal bulk so that when an empty net is retrieved, it easily moves completely into the introducer passage.
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