Gripping device for implanting, repositioning or extracting an o

Details Gripping device for implanting, repositioning or extracting an o Gripping device for implanting, repositioning or extracting an o

1999-03-23

2000-12-05

Smith, Jeffrey A.

Surgery

Instruments

Forceps

606127, A61B 1728

Patent

active

061560553

ABSTRACT:
A gripping device operative within a body vessel which includes an elongate, flexible support body having a plurality of spaced gripping members attached to the support body to extend axially outwardly from the outer end thereof. The gripping members are formed to have an expansion position where they angle laterally from the support body. A cone shaped flexible liner forming an open ended enclosure in the expansion position of the gripping members has an outer end connected to the distal ends of the gripping members and an inner end connected to the support body. The flexible liner is surrounded by the gripping members.

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