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Device of inserting and controlling a snare

US10945756B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Catch Medical, LLC · US

Inventors

Timothy R. Nieman · North Salt Lake, US
Tab Robbins · Layton, US
Collin George Cowley · Salt Lake City, US

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 1, 2013
Grant date	Mar 16, 2021
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 1, 2033

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61B2017/2212
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Embodiments of the present invention relate to systems, methods, and apparatus for introducing and/or controlling a snare in a lumen (e.g., a lumen of a catheter tube, a body lumen, etc.). In one example, a snare loading device can reduce the size of a loop on a snare to allow the snare to be inserted into the catheter tube. Furthermore, before and/or after insertion of the snare into the catheter tube, the snare loading device can control the snare, by transferring motion thereto.

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