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AssigneeCook Medical Technologies LLC
InventorsJames Andrew Bartholomai, Shannon Jones, Johnny P. Smith, Lyle Hundley, Kristen M. Bunch, Carmen Rosporski
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A medical retrieval device for retrieving stones, calculi, and the like from various organs and passages may comprising an elongated member, and a first wire and a second wire that forms a retrieval basket. The wires forming the basket and the elongated member may be secured by a crimp joint and a second joint. Processing of the device may include placing all ends of the first wire and the second wire into an elongated member through a distal end of the elongated member, moving said elongated member to a position where the first loop and the second loop start their curvatures, placing said first and second wires and said elongated member through a crimping fixture having thru cuts configured for the interlocked wires, aligning said elongated member in a desired position, and crimping said first and second wires and said elongated member.
A method of making a medical device having a first wire, a second wire, and an elongated member, comprising steps of:
A method of making a medical device having a first wire, a second wire, and an elongate member, comprising steps of:
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