US 11,944,587 B2
Grasping facilitators and uses thereof and kits involving the same
Eliot Robert Gitman, Jerusalem (IL); and Tuvia Gitman, Jerusalem (IL)
Assigned to SCALPAL LLC, Wilmington, DE (US)
Filed by ScalPal, LLC, Baltimore, MD (US)
Filed on Dec. 21, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/557,244.
Application 17/557,244 is a continuation of application No. 15/977,358, filed on May 11, 2018, granted, now 11,234,899.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/505,034, filed on May 11, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2022/0192925 A1, Jun. 23, 2022
Int. Cl. B25G 1/01 (2006.01); A61J 1/16 (2023.01); A61J 1/20 (2006.01); B25B 13/46 (2006.01); B25B 21/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61J 1/2055 (2015.05) [A61J 1/16 (2013.01); A61J 1/2065 (2015.05); A61J 1/2096 (2013.01); B25B 13/46 (2013.01); B25B 21/00 (2013.01); A61M 2209/08 (2013.01); A61M 2209/088 (2013.01)] 32 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A grasping facilitator, comprising:
a pliable collar having a main body that is elongated along an extension axis for a length greater than a radius extending from the extension axis to an external periphery of an exterior surface of the main body,
wherein the main body has a first end and a second end spaced apart along the axis of extension,
wherein the main body has an interior through-hole opening out, respectively, at the first and second ends;
wherein the through-hole is defined by an interior surface of the main body, and that interior surface has a non-constant diameter in extending along the extension axis between the first and second ends, and
wherein the main body is dimensioned for reception device receipt through the through-hole, with the interior surface, defining the non-constant diameter through-hole, being configured for sliding friction contact relative to the received device, and finger pressure haptic enhanced capturing of the reception device at a location along the extension axis, and wherein the non-constant diameter through-hole includes a convoluted surface that defines a cross-sectional radial length, extending between the interior surface and exterior surface of the main body, that is greater than a radius of the through-hole at a common cross-sectional location in a central region of the main body.