Flexible catheter with stone basket and ultrasonic conductor

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 5403324
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08181040

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A flexible catheter which has a basket at one end for the capture and removal of a calculus, such as a kidney stone. The catheter includes a plurality of wires with ends forming a basket, an elongate flexible tube through which the wires pass, a handpiece supporting the tube and having a cavity, a shaft disposed in the cavity and fixedly connecting to second ends of the wires, the tube and shaft having aligned central bores, a conductor extending through the bores, and lock means for holding the shaft in a selective position.

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MICROSONIC ENGINEERING DEVICES COMPANY INC18 CROYDON DRIVE MERRICK NY 11566

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Ciervo, Donald J Merrick, NY 4 1134
Fagan, Ronald Glen Oaks, NY 1 53

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