Abstract:
A surgical device for removing a foreign object from a body along with a method for manufacturing the surgical device and a retrieval basket of the device are described. The retrieval basket is adapted for entrapping and retaining the object located in the body. The basket comprises a structure having a proximal end and a distal end. The structure is formed by a plurality of filaments fabricated from a single or several wires. The filaments extend from the proximal end towards the distal end. At least a part of the filaments are overlapped and/or interlaced so as to define a net, and thereby impart structural rigidity and dilatation ability to the basket when opened. The process of manufacturing the retrieval basket includes selecting at least one wire; weaving the basket from the wire by overlapping and/or interlacing the filaments so that to form a net at least in the vicinity of the distal end; and binding the filaments for forming a shape of the retrieval basket.
Abstract:
A retrieval device for use in renal, biliary, vascular or other systems of a body includes a collapsible basket (15) in a narrow sheath (33). A surgeon advances the device beyond an object (14) 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 (12), 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 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:
Electro-impulse intracorporeal lithotripsy method comprises bringing electrodes of a probe in immediate electrical contact with the calculus and supplying to the electrodes very short high voltage impulses capable to ignite electrical spark discharge and establish a discharge channel within the bulk of the calculus. The channel goes through the calculus and creates tensile stresses, destroying the calculus.
Abstract:
Surgical apparatus (100) for immobilization and evacuation of foreign objects from a body organ or passage comprises a retrieval basket (112) and a basket control means (114). The basket (112) is defined by a first section (122), suitable for capturing the object and by a second section (124), suitable for retention the captured object. The first section (122) comprises at least two branches (126) and distal ends of at least some of the branches (126) are provided with loops (134), which overlap and define spatially the second section of the basket (124).
Abstract:
A device (100) for extracting a member from a relatively inaccessible location comprises a catheter (102) and wires (101) made of a material having a thermomechanical storage mermory characteristic, e.g. a titanium nickelide composition; the wires are passed into the location with a cross-section similar to that of the catheter and are then heated by a power supply (103) to change their shape to engage the member. The wires may define a basket, a single loop, or two or more loops which can hold between them a member to be extracted, e.g. a calculus or a polyp from a hollow organ. The preferred composition of the wires is: Titanium: 53.5-56.8 %; TiNi3, Ti11Ni14, Ti2Ni: 2.0-10.0 %; Nickel: Balance.