公开(公告)号：US20170079655A1

公开(公告)日：2017-03-23

申请号：US14858970

申请日：2015-09-18

Applicant: Empire Technology Development LLC

Inventor： Worth Walters ,  Todd Dickson ,  Abby George ,  Brian Moore ,  Sam Malenowski

IPC: A61B17/10 ,  A61B17/221 ,  A61B17/22 ,  A61B17/08 ,  A61B17/00

CPC classification number: A61B17/221 ,  A61B17/0057 ,  A61B17/0644 ,  A61B17/068 ,  A61B17/22031 ,  A61B2017/00349 ,  A61B2017/00632 ,  A61B2017/00641 ,  A61B2017/00668 ,  A61B2017/00818 ,  A61B2017/00862 ,  A61B2017/0641 ,  A61B2017/0645 ,  A61B2017/081 ,  A61B2017/2215

Abstract: Several embodiments disclosed herein relate to apparatus and methods for tissue gathering. In some examples, disclosed is a tissue gathering device that includes a basket and a cylindrical shaft. The basket can include a plurality of tines and the cylindrical shaft can include a lumen that is disposed about a portion of the proximal end of the basket. In some examples, the basket can include 4, 6, 7, or 8 tines. The tines of the basket can have a plurality of different configurations.