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Foreign body retrieval device

  • US 6,517,550 B1
  • Filed: 02/02/2000
  • Issued: 02/11/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/02/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A retrieval device comprising:

  • first catheter having a distal end, a proximal end, a lumen system configured to accept at least one wire such that the at least one wire may extend beyond either end of the first catheter, and an opening system through which a loop may be formed, the opening system positioned between the distal end and the proximal end, the lumen system having an opening separate from the opening system, the opening of the lumen system configured to accept the at least one wire such that the at least one wire may extend beyond the distal end of the first catheter; and

    a wire having a distal end attached to the first catheter, and a proximal end;

    wherein the proximal end of the wire may be manipulated to cause a portion of the wire to form a loop external of the first catheter, the loop being capable of grasping foreign bodies within a patient.

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