SELECTIVELY BENDABLE REMOTE GRIPPING TOOL

摘要

A hand-held gripping device that allows one of a surgeon, a dentist, and an orthodontist to reach interior portions of a person's anatomy, includes a gripping portion having a pair of jaws or nets movable relative to each other between fully clamped and fully opened positions thereof, a handle portion spaced apart from the jaw portion by a bendable central portion that has a hollow, bendable corrugated member with at least one cord extending therethrough. The retrieval of a thrombus to promptly address ischemic issues is made possible due to the flexible corrugated member being able to access small vessels in a patient's brain, as well as magnetic properties of the thrombus and/or jaws, nets, bags, or flexible fingers, of the grasping end, thus facilitating removal of the thrombus.

主权项

1. A hand-held gripping device that allows a surgeon to reach interior portions of a person's anatomy, comprising:
a gripping portion movable between a fully clamped position and a fully opened position; a handle portion spaced apart from the gripping portion by a central portion, the central portion comprising at least two separate portions comprising a hollow, corrugated member having alternating ridges and grooves, the central portion being deformable along its length for bending and orienting to a non-permanent position, wherein the handle portion comprises a first manually-actuatable trigger operatively connected to the gripping portion by a pull member at least substantially disposed within the central portion, whereby actuation of the trigger is operative to move the pull member to thereby selectively position the gripping portion between the fully clamped position and the fully opened position; said pull member comprising at least one cord operatively connecting the handle portion to the gripping portion, said at least one cord extending through said central portion, wherein the at least two separate portions of the central portion comprise a plurality of interconnected connectors which together define a passageway through which said pull member passes through; and wherein the central portion remains bendable during the actuation of the trigger and the positioning of the gripping portion between the fully clamped position and the fully opened position.