MINIMALLY INVASIVE MEDICAL DEVICE DEPLOYMENT AND RETRIEVAL SYSTEM
Canada Patent
Stats
Importance
Abstract
The present invention provides a medical device retrieval system comprising a working element carried by a flexible, elongate shaft, the working element having a proximal profile and the shaft extending proximally from the workin g element and a retrieval cover slidably carried along the shaft of the medica l device, the cover having a deployed configuration and being capable of being compressed into a compressed configuration for deployment, yet resiliently substantially return to the deployed configuration; the cover in its deploye d configuration having a radially reduced proximal portion, a distally open distal end defining a distal opening having a maximum dimension at least as great as the maximum dimension of the proximal profile of the working elemen t of the medical device, and an elongate internal recess defined between the proximal portion and the distal end.
First Claim
Family
International Classification(s)
- [Classification Symbol]
- [Patents Count]
Cited Art Landscape
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Recipient Email Address
Recipient Email Address
Comment
Recipient Email Address