Medical device with basket
AssigneeKaneka Corporation
InventorsAtsushi Ogawa, Masayuki Takatera
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Abstract
A medical device comprising: a basket; a connection member disposed on a proximal side with respect to the basket; and a basket pusher disposed on the proximal side with respect to the connection member, wherein the connection member is configured to be bendable such that in a state where, a 0.1 g weight is connected, in 37° C. warm water, on a distal side with respect to a middle point of a length from the distal end of the basket to the proximal end of the basket, an angle on the proximal side between the extending direction of the basket pusher in a state where the basket pusher is horizontally fixed and the straight line passing through the distal end of the basket and the proximal end of the basket is 150 degrees or less.
Claims15
A medical device comprising:
- a basket having a plurality of wires;
- a connection member disposed on a proximal side with respect to, and directly connected to, the basket;
- and
- a basket pusher directly connected to a proximal side of the connection member, so that the basket is connected to the basket pusher via the connection member, wherein the connection member is more flexible than the basket,
- the connection member being a material having a property of melting due to heat, and
- the material of the connection member having a property of bending due to a weight of the basket, and an angle, measured under a condition below, on the proximal side between an extending direction of the basket pusher and a straight line passing through a distal end of the basket and a proximal end of the basket is 150 degrees or less,
- [Condition]
- in a state where, after the basket and the connection member have been immersed in 37° C. warm water for two minutes, a 0.1 g weight is connected, in the 37° C. warm water, on a distal side with respect to a middle point of a length from the distal end of the basket to the proximal end of the basket, an angle on the proximal side between the extending direction of the basket pusher in a state where the basket pusher is horizontally fixed and the straight line passing through the distal end of the basket and the proximal end of the basket, is measured.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.