Abstract:
The invention relates to a gastronomy tube placement device (1) comprising a flexible delivery tube (2) housing a snare (3). The snare (3) further comprises a cable (4) having a configurable cage (5) mounted on a distal end thereof. At least part of the configurable cage (5) is radio-opaque to allow detection of the configurable cage using X-ray guidance. The snare (3) is slidably moveable in the flexible delivery tube (2) so that the configurable cage may be moved to and from a position internal the flexible delivery tube and a position external the flexible delivery tube. The configurable cage (5) assumes an expanded configuration outside the flexible delivery tube (2) and is collapsible on withdrawal inside the flexible delivery tube. The gastronomy tube placement device can be used in the placement of a gastronomy tube using fluoroscopic guidance without the assistance of an endoscope.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a particularly difficult endoscopic technique by which stones are extracted from the choledochus by means of a metal basket. The extraction of the stones from the choledochus by using the metal basket is not always successful because the basket fails in capturing the stone that cannot then be extracted. The present finding seeks to cause the basket filaments (5) running along the thickness of the walls of an air bladder (4) to be spaced apart from one another by blowing air into said inflatable air bladder which is located in the proximal basket’s length. The filaments of the distal basket’s length will be provided with a rotating potential energy after the air bladder is inflated, thus helping the capture of the stone by the basket.
Abstract:
Disclosed herein is a collection device (200) for manipulating matter in an inaccessible space, comprising a clamp (36) in mechanical communication with an actuator means, wherein the clamp has an inflexion point; a barrier membrane (22) in mechanical communication with the clamp, wherein the expansion of the barrier membrane is controlled by the clamp. Disclosed herein is a collection device for manipulating matter in an inaccessible space, comprising a clamp in mechanical communication with an actuator means, wherein the clamp comprises at least two elements that can control a barrier membrane and wherein the at least two elements are not in mechanical communication with one another; a barrier membrane in mechanical communication with the at least two elements of the clamp, wherein the expansion of the barrier membrane is controlled by the clamp.
Abstract:
An apparatus for introducing a first elongate medical device (10) and short wire guide (11) that are coupled together into a work site and remotely disconnecting them within the work site such that a secondary device comprising a catheter member can be introduced over the wire guide to the work site, and/or a second wire guide can be introduced to the work site via a passageway of the primary access device. A system of indicia, such as radiopaque or viewable markers, permits the operator to monitor the relative alignment of the devices within the work site to determine when uncoupling has occurred.
Abstract:
A retrieval device for use in renal, biliary, vascular or other systems of a body includes a collapsible basket in a narrow sheath. A surgeon advances the device beyond an object to be removed from a body, such as a kidneystone, a gallstone, or a thrombus. The surgeon then retracts the sheath or advances the basket from the sheath. The basket deploys only to one side of the sheath. In some embodiments, the periphery of the basket has a flex point to enable the basket to easily collapse into the sheath. If the sheath is adjacent a body vessel, such as a blood vessel or a ureter, the sheath remains adjacent the wall, while the device deploys in such a manner as to seal against the walls of the vessel and block the flow of fragments, emboli, thrombi, or other undesirable objects.
Abstract:
A medical retrieval device (10), and related method, for removing material (such as calculi and stones) from the body of a patient has the ability to capture and readily release material. The retrieval device includes a basket (30) having at least one loop (65) with first and second ends including a plurality of bead elements (70). The first end of the loop is immovable and the second end of the loop is slideably movable.
Abstract:
A medical device for manipulation of material in a tissue includes a sheath, an object engaging unit, and a flexible coupler. The object engaging unit has an operative end and a base. The flexible coupler includes a longitudinal axis and a distal portion; the distal portion is associated with the base of the object engaging unit and is bendable in an arc to various ranges. The flexible couple confers lateral movement on the object engaging unit thereby permitting manipulation and/or retrieval of material lodged or disposed in heretofore often inaccessible tissue regions. The sheath has a longitudinal axis and a lumen. The object engaging unit is in a collapsed position when it is within the sheath lumen and an expanded position when it is extended beyond the sheath.
Abstract:
An embolic protection filter system comprises a collapsible embolic protection filter (850) having a collapsed configuration for delivery of the filter, and a deployed configuration and a snare (855) for engaging the filter. The filter has a snareengagable feature (853) with which the snare (855) engages to facilitate snaring of the filter (850). The filter has a radiopaque member (854) and the snare (855) may also be radiopaque for guiding the snaring of the filter (850).
Abstract:
A device (5) for treating material in a body of a patient includes an expandable basket (10) having a projection (20) for securing material within the basket (10). The projection (20) has a distal end (18) joined to a distal tip (16) of the basket and a proximal end (22) extending within a lumen (24) of the basket.