US Patent Issued to KANEKA on Sept. 29 for "Medical device with basket" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,746,005, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to KANEKA Corp. (Osaka, Japan).

"Medical device with basket" was invented by Atsushi Ogawa (Tokyo) and Masayuki Takatera (Settsu, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "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 37deg C. warm water, on a distal side with respect to a middle point of a length from the distal end of the bask...