US 12,133,814 B2
Intrauterine device removal system protection apparatus
Faye Ellen Ameredes, Roseburg, OR (US)
Filed by Faye Ellen Ameredes, Roseburg, OR (US)
Filed on Aug. 28, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/554,335.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/806,618, filed on Feb. 15, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2020/0261257 A1, Aug. 20, 2020
Int. Cl. A61F 6/18 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 6/18 (2013.01) 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A surgical device, the device comprising:
a shaft having a proximal end and a distal end; and
a substantially flat retriever that is wrapped around the shaft to form a spiral conical shape without directly contacting the shaft except that an outer face of the retriever is coupled to the distal end of the shaft and having;
a flange projecting therefrom in a direction perpendicular to the shaft, a proximal aperture comprised of a proximal edge of the retriever, and
a distal aperture comprised of a distal edge of the retriever where the distal aperture has a radius greater than that of the proximal aperture.