ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,232,700, issued on Feb. 25, was assigned to Gyrus ACMI Inc. (Westborough, Mass.).
"Control of a basket retrieval device" was invented by Judy L. Walish (Boston), Kurt G. Shelton (Bedford, Mass.) and Allison Dianis (Andover, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A medical system is provided comprising a medical device including a handle and a mechanism for moving a distal end of the medical device; an auxiliary medical device comprising a basket retrieval device including a basket sheath disposed over a basket wire and received into a working channel of the medical device; a knob assembly in communication with the basket retrieval device, ...