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.

公开(公告)号：US20170079633A1

公开(公告)日：2017-03-23

申请号：US14858979

申请日：2015-09-18

Applicant: Empire Technology Development LLC

Inventor： Todd Dickson ,  Abby George ,  Worth Walters ,  Daniel Hawkins

IPC: A61B17/00 ,  A61B17/12

CPC classification number: A61B17/00234 ,  A61B17/0218 ,  A61B17/0644 ,  A61B17/068 ,  A61B17/12 ,  A61B2017/00292 ,  A61B2017/00358 ,  A61B2017/00367 ,  A61B2017/0053 ,  A61B2017/00818 ,  A61B2017/0641 ,  A61B2017/0645 ,  A61B2017/081 ,  A61B2017/2215

Abstract: Several embodiments disclosed herein relate to apparatus and methods for treating a diverticulum. In some examples, disclosed is a device for inverting a diverticulum including a device body, a pushing apparatus that includes a rod and a blunt end, and a user actuated structure that provides control of the pushing apparatus. Also disclosed is a method for inverting a diverticulum. The method can include positioning a device along an outer wall of a colon at a diverticulum, inverting the outer surface of the diverticulum with the distal end of the device, and then actuating the user actuated structure such that the pushing apparatus interacts with the diverticulum to further invert the diverticulum.