US Patent Issued to INNOVEX MEDICAL on Jan. 20 for "Mesh basket device capable of measuring the size of stones" (Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,527,590, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to INNOVEX MEDICAL Co. LTD. (Shanghai).

"Mesh basket device capable of measuring the size of stones" was invented by Hang Yan (Shanghai), Jiabo Ding (Shanghai) and Zhongwei Zheng (Shanghai).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mesh basket device capable of measuring the size of stones includes: a mesh basket, a push rod, a mode switching device, an opening size adjustment device, and an adjusting amount measuring device. The push rod is configured to drive the mesh basket to move. The mode switching device is used to switch between a measurement mode and a stone extraction mode. In the stone extraction...