US 11,717,307 B2
Medical device for capturing stone fragments
Judy L. Walish, West Roxbury, MA (US); Lawrence J. St. George, Sudbury, MA (US); and Tailin Fan, Nashua, NH (US)
Assigned to Gyrus ACMI, Inc., Westborough, MA (US)
Filed by Gyrus ACMI, Inc., Southborough, MA (US)
Filed on Nov. 20, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/689,785.
Application 16/689,785 is a continuation of application No. 14/638,639, filed on Mar. 4, 2015, granted, now 10,524,810.
Prior Publication US 2020/0085457 A1, Mar. 19, 2020
Int. Cl. A61B 17/221 (2006.01); A61M 25/00 (2006.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01)
CPC A61B 17/221 (2013.01) [A61B 90/03 (2016.02); A61M 25/0074 (2013.01); A61B 2017/2212 (2013.01); A61B 2017/2215 (2013.01); A61B 2090/0807 (2016.02)] 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A medical device configured to capture one or more stone fragments, the medical device comprising:
a sheath having a proximal end and a distal end;
a basket movably connected to the sheath, where the basket comprises a collapsed configuration when the basket is positioned within the sheath and where the basket comprises a closed expanded configuration when the basket is positioned beyond the distal end of the sheath, where the basket comprises a plurality of wires which are configured to capture the one or more stone fragments; and
an indicator configured to communicate to an operator of the medical device that a size of the one or more stone fragments captured with the plurality of wires exceeds a predetermined limit, where the indicator comprises at least two different visual indicators located on the basket;
where the at least two different visual indicators comprise at least one of (i) a color difference or (ii) one or more laser marks configured to be seen by the operator of the medical device when the size of the one or more stone fragments exceeds the predetermined limit.