WO2001034041A1 - Retrieval device made of precursor alloy cable - Google Patents

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WO2001034041A1
WO2001034041A1 PCT/US2000/041560 US0041560W WO0134041A1 WO 2001034041 A1 WO2001034041 A1 WO 2001034041A1 US 0041560 W US0041560 W US 0041560W WO 0134041 A1 WO0134041 A1 WO 0134041A1
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    • A61B17/22Implements for squeezing-off ulcers or the like on the inside of inner organs of the body; Implements for scraping-out cavities of body organs, e.g. bones; Calculus removers; Calculus smashing apparatus; Apparatus for removing obstructions in blood vessels, not otherwise provided for
    • A61B17/221Gripping devices in the form of loops or baskets for gripping calculi or similar types of obstructions
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    • A61B17/22Implements for squeezing-off ulcers or the like on the inside of inner organs of the body; Implements for scraping-out cavities of body organs, e.g. bones; Calculus removers; Calculus smashing apparatus; Apparatus for removing obstructions in blood vessels, not otherwise provided for
    • A61B17/221Gripping devices in the form of loops or baskets for gripping calculi or similar types of obstructions
    • A61B2017/2212Gripping devices in the form of loops or baskets for gripping calculi or similar types of obstructions having a closed distal end, e.g. a loop

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  • the present invention pertains to a medical device used to extract foreign objects from a patient. More specifically, the invention relates to an endoscopic device used to retrieve, crush, and remove gallstones and the like. The device is designed to traverse through narrow passages within the body and to open within those passages to retrieve the foreign object.
  • Grasping and crushing devices generally take the form of wire baskets that deploy to capture the stone to be extracted. These wire baskets may be used for lithotripsy if the stone is too large to be removed intact. Lithotripsy involves crushing the stone into fragments to facilitate removal from the duct. Effective performance of such devices requires the baskets to have enough flexibility to be inserted into the common bile duct. However, the baskets also must have a certain degree of rigidity to dilate the duct to facilitate stone capture. Often, the baskets are deployed using a retaining cannula. In this case, the cannula retains the basket in a retracted configuration during insertion into the bile duct.
  • the basket extends from the cannula and opens to capture the stone.
  • the basket must have enough stiffness to open the duct when removed from the cannula, without being so stiff that it is permanently deformed due to retention within the cannula.
  • a common failure of conventional baskets occurs during lithotripsy when the baskets are subject to forces often in excess of 50 pounds. Under such force, the basket can become severely deformed, rendering it unsuitable for repeated use.
  • Such repeated use is desirable because of the frequent occurrence of the need to remove more than one stone or other object at a time from the patient. Therefore, design of these devices includes focus on the durability of the basket in repeated use settings.
  • a basket To repeatedly crush and retrieve foreign objects, a basket must be flexible enough to traverse tortuous anatomy, yet stiff enough to open within a duct, and strong enough to crush stones.
  • a single wire construction may meet any one of these criteria, but typically cannot meet all three requirements for repeated dilation and lithotripsy. It has been proposed, therefore, to construct a retrieval basket of a stranded cable, such as stainless steel cable. Purely stainless steel cable (the core and strands) may work well for the extraction of a single stone, but is subject to the deformation problems discussed previously when used for repeated dilatation or lithotripsy.
  • Nitinol is often used as the superelastic core in these devices.
  • Nitinol is a specially heat-treated Titanium-Nickel (Ti- Ni) alloy, preferably approximately 55%/45% Nickel to Titanium (Ni-Ti).
  • Ti- Ni Titanium-Nickel
  • Ni-Ti Nickel to Titanium
  • superelastic materials of this type experience phase transformations when subject to a certain level of stress loading. Lithotripsy often reaches these stress levels.
  • the core of the cable stretches, rendering the device incapable of transferring force to the stone to complete the crushing process.
  • the superelastic alloy has a greater reversible elongation than do the surrounding stainless steel strands. This results in a difference in deformation between the core and the surrounding strands leading to a permanent deformation of the cable. Such deformation results in an alteration of the basket shape, making it less desirable to use for its intended purpose.
  • the invention includes a medical retrieval device for retrieving foreign objects from within a patient's body.
  • the retrieval device includes a retrieval assembly containing a cable preformed into a configuration for capturing and removing the foreign object.
  • the retrieval cable includes wire made of a precursor alloy to a superelastic material.
  • the cable includes a core wire and surrounding wire strands, each made of the precursor alloy.
  • the invention further includes a method of manufacturing the medical retrieval device including the steps of constructing a cable including a wire made of a precursor alloy to a superelastic material and forming a retrieval assembly by preforming the cable into a configuration adapted to capture and remove the foreign objects.
  • the precursor alloy according to the present invention exhibits a stress-strain curve having a linear relationship extending through a yield point with no phase transformation point. After the yield point, the stress-strain curve does not exhibit a substantially constant stress plateau as strain increases. Rather, the precursor alloy exhibits plastic deformation properties.
  • Figure 1a is a stress-strain curve for a superelastic alloy
  • Figure 1b is a stress-strain curve for a precursor alloy
  • Figure 2a is a cross-sectional view of one embodiment of a stranding configuration according to the present invention, wherein a core of precursor alloy is surrounded by strands of stainless steel wires;
  • Figure 2b is a cross-sectional view of another embodiment of a stranding configuration according to the present invention, wherein a core of precursor alloy is surrounded by strands of precursor alloy wire;
  • Figure 3 is a wire basket retrieval device according to an embodiment of the present invention and in a deployed position for retrieving an object.
  • the various aspects of this invention generally pertain to a device, and a method for manufacturing such a device, for retrieving foreign objects in a body from locations requiring traversal of narrow passages.
  • a device In use, such a device must be able to collapse into a relatively narrow space for traversal purposes and to expand in that space for retrieval purposes.
  • the device also must have strength characteristics so that the device can crush objects to facilitate capturing and removal. Additionally, the device must reconfigure to it original shape when expanded and retain its ability to reconfigure to the original shape for repeated deployments without losing strength and without suffering permanent deformation.
  • a retrieval device of the present invention incorporates a precursor alloy into the stranded cable used for making the device.
  • a precursor alloy results in the formation of a superelastic alloy.
  • a precursor alloy Prior to heat treatment, such a precursor alloy exhibits high elongation and a linear stress-strain relationship with a yield point. Because of these properties, the use of a precursor alloy in the manufacture of the device according to the present invention achieves greater strength, longer life, and ease in manufacture, as will be explained.
  • a precursor alloy used in a medical retrieval device of the present invention exhibits a linear stress-strain relationship with a plastic yield point.
  • Figures 1a and 1b schematics of the stress- strain curves for a superelastic alloy and a precursor alloy are shown in Figures 1a and 1b, respectively.
  • Figure 1a as a superelastic alloy undergoes increased stress, strain increases to phase transformation point X.
  • the superelastic alloy transforms from an austenitic phase to a martensitic phase. Thereafter, stress remains substantially constant as strain increases, forming a substantially constant stress plateau P.
  • the reversibly deformable nature of the material allows it to return to its original length following curve Y in the Figure.
  • the cycle shown often occurs repeatedly with no appreciable change in dimension or plastic deformation of the wire. Therefore, the superelastic alloy withstands a relatively large strain prior to the phase transformation point, and additional strain during the phase transformation, without plastic deformation. Furthermore, the phase transformation and reversible deformation of the superelastic alloy occurs at relatively low stress levels.
  • applied stress is absorbed by the alloy to facilitate the phase transformation, and is not available to be transferred to another object, such as a stone.
  • a precursor alloy material exhibits the stress-strain characteristics shown in Figure 1b. Up to the plastic yield point Z, strain increases in a reversible manner as stress increases. That is, the precursor alloy returns to its normal configuration upon release of stresses prior to reaching plastic yield point Z. Moreover, the precursor alloy does not pass through a substantially constant stress plateau as does the superelastic alloy. At stresses above yield point Z, the precursor alloy becomes plastically and irreversibly deformed, unlike the superelastic alloy. As shown in Figures 1a and 1b, yield point Z of the precursor alloy generally occurs at higher stress levels than does phase transformation point X of the superelastic material. This enables the device of the present invention to transfer greater stress to stones during lithotripsy, as well as facilitating dilation of ducts. Accordingly, the inventive devices facilitate retrieval and removal, while maintaining shape and strength over repeated uses.
  • a conventional retrieval device In addition to requiring heat treatment of the precursor alloy to produce the superelastic material, a conventional retrieval device also requires heat treatment during the formation of the basket so that the superelastic wires maintain their shape. In contrast, a result of the plastic yield point associated with a precursor alloy, the basket of the present device forms easily by mechanically bending the precursor alloy wire beyond its yield point and into shape. Sophisticated heat treatments are thus unnecessary in the manufacture of the inventive device.
  • a stranded cable made entirely of a superelastic material is ineffective due to phase transformation deformation and unwinding problems, as mentioned above.
  • precursor alloys are highly elastic but also can be plastically deformed.
  • a cable for a retrieval device is made entirely of a precursor alloy core and precursor alloy strands. It is contemplated that the strands and the core can be made of identical precursor alloy or different precursor alloys. If different precursor alloys are used, it is preferred to select wire dimensions and types such that the wires exhibit similar deformations when subjected to a given load.
  • the cable will experience neither unwinding nor excessive deformation as would a cable that includes superelastic strands.
  • using a consistent material configuration for both the strands and the core would eliminate problems associated with elongation of the core relative to the surrounding strands leading to permanent damage to the basket.
  • a cable made entirely of wires of the same precursor alloy material facilitates the manufacturing process.
  • an endoscopic retrieval device 5 is formed from a stranded cable having the basic configuration shown in either Figure 2a or Figure 2b.
  • Figure 2a shows a cross-section of cable of a first embodiment of the device 5.
  • a cable 1 includes a core monofilament wire 2 made of precursor alloy. Surrounding core wire 2 are strands 3 of stainless steel wire. Due to the presence of the precursor alloy core wire 2, device 5 suffers from less deformation problems than does a conventional device of this type that includes a superelastic core. This is because, as previously discussed, precursor alloys exhibit less elongation than do superelastic materials and therefore differences in the elongation between surrounding strands 3 and core wire 2 will be minimized.
  • Figure 2b shows a more preferred embodiment of a stranded cable for use in the endoscopic retrieval device 5.
  • a cable 1 ' includes a core wire 2' made of a precursor alloy, as in Figure 2a.
  • surrounding strands 3' in this embodiment also are formed of precursor alloy, either of identical or different precursor alloy material as core wire 2'.
  • this embodiment is preferred because the cables made entirely of precursor alloy wires (core and strands) will not unwind and are capable of transferring greater stress to objects without deforming. Additionally, cables made of entirely of the same precursor alloy alleviate deformation problems associated with different rates of elongation between the core and strands. When selecting wires of different precursor alloys, it is preferable to impart consistent mechanical properties to the cable.
  • Figures 2a and 2b show six surrounding wire strands 3 and 3', respectively. Preferably, there are at least five surrounding wire strands 3 or 3'. However, it is contemplated that the number of surrounding strands can be varied in accordance with the particular use for the device or the desired characteristics of the cable.
  • the precursor alloy is in a martensitic phase at room temperature to body temperature.
  • the precursor alloy can be a precursor Nitinol or other material exhibiting like properties and known to those having ordinary skill in the art.
  • Such other precursor alloys that may be used include, for example, Silver-Cadmium, Gold-Cadmium, Gold-Copper- Zinc, Copper-Zinc, Copper-Zinc-Aluminum, Copper-Zinc-Tin, Copper-Zinc- Xenon, Iron-Beryllium, Iron-Platinum, Indium-Thallium, Iron-Manganese, Nickel-Titanium-Vanadium, Iron-Nickel-Titanium-Cobalt, and Copper-Tin.
  • the overall diameter of the cable is approximately 0.017 inches.
  • the materials used for the precursor alloy, the number of strands forming the cable, and the overall diameter of the cable can be modified according to the particular use or desired characteristics of the device. The selection of these parameters would be obvious to one having ordinary skill in the art.
  • FIG. 3 shows the overall construction of endoscopic retrieval device 5.
  • a bullet- shaped nosepiece 7 can be attached to a distal end of device 5 to improve guidance of device 5 during use, as well as to secure cables 1 or 1 ' to each other.
  • a coupling tube 8, attached to a proximal end of basket 6, also facilitates manipulation of device 5 during the retrieval process.
  • Coupling tube 8 also could take the form of a cannula, in which case basket 6 would retract into the cannula prior to retrieval.
  • Device 5 is used to traverse narrow passages to retrieve, crush, and remove foreign objects within the body.
  • Device 5 can be deployed from a cannula or traverse independently through the body, collapsing and deploying as necessary.
  • Device 5 also may be used repeatedly to retrieve, crush, and remove foreign objects.
  • the manufacture of device 5 first involves forming cables 1 , 1 '.
  • a precursor alloy wire is supplied as the core wire and surrounding strands of wire are placed approximately evenly-spaced around the perimeter of the core wire.
  • Surrounding strands wrap around the core in an essentially helical fashion along its length.
  • the strands can be wrapped clockwise, counterclockwise, or any combination thereof, depending on the desired properties of the cable.
  • a preferred embodiment has strands wrapping clockwise around the core wire, similar to threads of a right-hand screw.
  • the cable can then be rotary swaged, which helps to straighten it and increase its column strength.
  • the surrounding strands can be made of stainless steel, or other like, suitable material, or most preferably precursor alloy.
  • cables 1 or 1' are then bent past the yield point of either the precursor alloy or stainless steel to form basket 6.
  • cables 1 or 1' are joined together at one end, through welding or other suitable joining method known to those skilled in the art.
  • Laser welding cables 1 or 1' to coupling tube 8 or, if desired, to the retractable portion of a retaining cannula represents another method to connect and secure the cables to each other.
  • a nosepiece can be laser welded, or otherwise attached in any suitable manner, to the end of basket 6 to guide device 5 through the body. It is important that during welding or other connecting operations involving heat, that temperature is controlled to prevent heat treating the cable such that the precursor alloys are converted to superelastic materials.
  • the stranded cable configuration used in the retrieval device according to the present invention provides the durability necessary to perform lithotripsy and dilation and be repeatedly employed for retrieval processes.
  • Incorporating precursor alloy wire into the cable as opposed to a superelastic material such as Nitinol enables the device to be manufactured without heat treatment processes. Additionally, because precursor alloys do not exhibit the extreme elongation characteristic of superelastic materials, problems of permanent deformation are alleviated when surrounding stainless steel wire strands are used to form the cable.
  • Using precursor alloys also allows for the manufacture of a cable comprised entirely of precursor alloy wire, including the surrounding strands and the core.
  • the device will be capable of transferring greater stress to objects without deformation and will not unwind. Additionally, using the same precursor alloy for both the strands and the core facilitates overall manufacture of the device and provides a device of consistent characteristics that will not deform due to disparate elongation properties within the cables.
  • the device can be of the snare type.
  • a snare made of the precursor alloys discussed above would retain its shape better than conventional stainless steel snare devices.
  • the inventive device can be used for removing a variety of other foreign objects having various locations within the body.

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A medical retrieval device (5) for retrieving foreign objects from a patient and the method of constructing the device are disclosed. The device (5) incorporates a wire cable (2, 2') composed of a precursor alloy to a superelastic material to improve durability of the device. Because precursor alloys exhibit a linear stress-strain relationship and a yield point associated with a relatively high stress level, the device transfers greater stresses before experiencing deformation. Thus, greater crushing forces can be achieved using a device of this type. These crushing forces may be needed when the foreign object is too large to remove intact. This property also facilitates the device in dilating ducts to retrieve foreign objects. Using the precursor alloy additionally eliminates the need for heat treatment of the cables used in constructing the device. A retrieval device (5) made of precursor alloy cable (2, 2') also is less susceptible to permanent deformation and unwinding during use.

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RETRIEVAL DEVICE MADE OF PRECURSOR ALLOY CABLE
FIELD OF THE INVENTION The present invention pertains to a medical device used to extract foreign objects from a patient. More specifically, the invention relates to an endoscopic device used to retrieve, crush, and remove gallstones and the like. The device is designed to traverse through narrow passages within the body and to open within those passages to retrieve the foreign object.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The removal of foreign bodies from patients often requires the use of endoscopic devices. In particular, gastroenterologists commonly use grasping or crushing devices to extract stones from a patient's biliary duct. Additionally, snares are often used when removing stents or other foreign objects.
Grasping and crushing devices generally take the form of wire baskets that deploy to capture the stone to be extracted. These wire baskets may be used for lithotripsy if the stone is too large to be removed intact. Lithotripsy involves crushing the stone into fragments to facilitate removal from the duct. Effective performance of such devices requires the baskets to have enough flexibility to be inserted into the common bile duct. However, the baskets also must have a certain degree of rigidity to dilate the duct to facilitate stone capture. Often, the baskets are deployed using a retaining cannula. In this case, the cannula retains the basket in a retracted configuration during insertion into the bile duct. Once within the grasping region of a stone, the basket extends from the cannula and opens to capture the stone. In such a case, the basket must have enough stiffness to open the duct when removed from the cannula, without being so stiff that it is permanently deformed due to retention within the cannula. Aside from deformation associated with dilating the duct or retention within the cannula, a common failure of conventional baskets occurs during lithotripsy when the baskets are subject to forces often in excess of 50 pounds. Under such force, the basket can become severely deformed, rendering it unsuitable for repeated use. Such repeated use is desirable because of the frequent occurrence of the need to remove more than one stone or other object at a time from the patient. Therefore, design of these devices includes focus on the durability of the basket in repeated use settings.
To repeatedly crush and retrieve foreign objects, a basket must be flexible enough to traverse tortuous anatomy, yet stiff enough to open within a duct, and strong enough to crush stones. A single wire construction may meet any one of these criteria, but typically cannot meet all three requirements for repeated dilation and lithotripsy. It has been proposed, therefore, to construct a retrieval basket of a stranded cable, such as stainless steel cable. Purely stainless steel cable (the core and strands) may work well for the extraction of a single stone, but is subject to the deformation problems discussed previously when used for repeated dilatation or lithotripsy.
Other baskets are formed from cable which includes a superelastic, sometimes referred to as shape memory, core wrapped with strands of stainless steel to surround the core. Nitinol is often used as the superelastic core in these devices. Nitinol is a specially heat-treated Titanium-Nickel (Ti- Ni) alloy, preferably approximately 55%/45% Nickel to Titanium (Ni-Ti). These baskets require heat treatment for the core to retain its shape. Such a configuration allows for some improvement in performance when the baskets are used repeatedly and for lithotripsy because the superelastic core better retains its shape.
However, superelastic materials of this type experience phase transformations when subject to a certain level of stress loading. Lithotripsy often reaches these stress levels. Upon a phase transformation, the core of the cable stretches, rendering the device incapable of transferring force to the stone to complete the crushing process. Furthermore, the superelastic alloy has a greater reversible elongation than do the surrounding stainless steel strands. This results in a difference in deformation between the core and the surrounding strands leading to a permanent deformation of the cable. Such deformation results in an alteration of the basket shape, making it less desirable to use for its intended purpose.
Moreover, manufacturing both the cable core and strands from superelastic alloy wires results in a cable that unwinds due to the highly elastic nature of the material. Thus, a retrieval basket of such cable also will not retain its desired shape without heat treating.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The advantages and purpose of the invention will be set forth in part in the description which follows, and in part will be obvious from the description, or may be learned by practice of the invention. The advantages and purpose of the invention will be realized and attained by means of the elements and combinations particularly pointed out in the appended claims.
To attain the advantages and in accordance with the purpose of the invention, as embodied and broadly described herein, the invention includes a medical retrieval device for retrieving foreign objects from within a patient's body. The retrieval device includes a retrieval assembly containing a cable preformed into a configuration for capturing and removing the foreign object. The retrieval cable includes wire made of a precursor alloy to a superelastic material. According to a particularly preferred embodiment of the invention, the cable includes a core wire and surrounding wire strands, each made of the precursor alloy.
The invention further includes a method of manufacturing the medical retrieval device including the steps of constructing a cable including a wire made of a precursor alloy to a superelastic material and forming a retrieval assembly by preforming the cable into a configuration adapted to capture and remove the foreign objects.
The precursor alloy according to the present invention exhibits a stress-strain curve having a linear relationship extending through a yield point with no phase transformation point. After the yield point, the stress-strain curve does not exhibit a substantially constant stress plateau as strain increases. Rather, the precursor alloy exhibits plastic deformation properties.
It is to be understood that both the foregoing general description and the following detailed description are exemplary and explanatory only and are not restrictive of the invention, as claimed.
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The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate the preferred embodiments of the invention and, together with the description, serve to explain the principles of the invention. In the drawings,
Figure 1a is a stress-strain curve for a superelastic alloy;
Figure 1b is a stress-strain curve for a precursor alloy;
Figure 2a is a cross-sectional view of one embodiment of a stranding configuration according to the present invention, wherein a core of precursor alloy is surrounded by strands of stainless steel wires;
Figure 2b is a cross-sectional view of another embodiment of a stranding configuration according to the present invention, wherein a core of precursor alloy is surrounded by strands of precursor alloy wire; and
Figure 3 is a wire basket retrieval device according to an embodiment of the present invention and in a deployed position for retrieving an object.
DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The various aspects of this invention generally pertain to a device, and a method for manufacturing such a device, for retrieving foreign objects in a body from locations requiring traversal of narrow passages. In use, such a device must be able to collapse into a relatively narrow space for traversal purposes and to expand in that space for retrieval purposes. The device also must have strength characteristics so that the device can crush objects to facilitate capturing and removal. Additionally, the device must reconfigure to it original shape when expanded and retain its ability to reconfigure to the original shape for repeated deployments without losing strength and without suffering permanent deformation.
To accomplish these objectives and to overcome the problems associated with existing devices of this kind, a retrieval device of the present invention incorporates a precursor alloy into the stranded cable used for making the device. When subject to heat treatment, a precursor alloy results in the formation of a superelastic alloy. Prior to heat treatment, such a precursor alloy exhibits high elongation and a linear stress-strain relationship with a yield point. Because of these properties, the use of a precursor alloy in the manufacture of the device according to the present invention achieves greater strength, longer life, and ease in manufacture, as will be explained.
Unlike a superelastic alloy, a precursor alloy used in a medical retrieval device of the present invention exhibits a linear stress-strain relationship with a plastic yield point. For comparison purposes, schematics of the stress- strain curves for a superelastic alloy and a precursor alloy are shown in Figures 1a and 1b, respectively. As shown in Figure 1a, as a superelastic alloy undergoes increased stress, strain increases to phase transformation point X. At X, the superelastic alloy transforms from an austenitic phase to a martensitic phase. Thereafter, stress remains substantially constant as strain increases, forming a substantially constant stress plateau P. Upon releasing the stress on the superelastic alloy, the reversibly deformable nature of the material allows it to return to its original length following curve Y in the Figure. The cycle shown often occurs repeatedly with no appreciable change in dimension or plastic deformation of the wire. Therefore, the superelastic alloy withstands a relatively large strain prior to the phase transformation point, and additional strain during the phase transformation, without plastic deformation. Furthermore, the phase transformation and reversible deformation of the superelastic alloy occurs at relatively low stress levels. During the superelastic alloy phase transformation, applied stress is absorbed by the alloy to facilitate the phase transformation, and is not available to be transferred to another object, such as a stone.
A precursor alloy material exhibits the stress-strain characteristics shown in Figure 1b. Up to the plastic yield point Z, strain increases in a reversible manner as stress increases. That is, the precursor alloy returns to its normal configuration upon release of stresses prior to reaching plastic yield point Z. Moreover, the precursor alloy does not pass through a substantially constant stress plateau as does the superelastic alloy. At stresses above yield point Z, the precursor alloy becomes plastically and irreversibly deformed, unlike the superelastic alloy. As shown in Figures 1a and 1b, yield point Z of the precursor alloy generally occurs at higher stress levels than does phase transformation point X of the superelastic material. This enables the device of the present invention to transfer greater stress to stones during lithotripsy, as well as facilitating dilation of ducts. Accordingly, the inventive devices facilitate retrieval and removal, while maintaining shape and strength over repeated uses.
In addition to requiring heat treatment of the precursor alloy to produce the superelastic material, a conventional retrieval device also requires heat treatment during the formation of the basket so that the superelastic wires maintain their shape. In contrast, a result of the plastic yield point associated with a precursor alloy, the basket of the present device forms easily by mechanically bending the precursor alloy wire beyond its yield point and into shape. Sophisticated heat treatments are thus unnecessary in the manufacture of the inventive device.
Moreover, because of the superelastic nature of the heat-treated alloys used in conventional devices, a stranded cable made entirely of a superelastic material is ineffective due to phase transformation deformation and unwinding problems, as mentioned above. However, precursor alloys are highly elastic but also can be plastically deformed. Thus, in a preferred embodiment of the present invention, a cable for a retrieval device is made entirely of a precursor alloy core and precursor alloy strands. It is contemplated that the strands and the core can be made of identical precursor alloy or different precursor alloys. If different precursor alloys are used, it is preferred to select wire dimensions and types such that the wires exhibit similar deformations when subjected to a given load. In either case, the cable will experience neither unwinding nor excessive deformation as would a cable that includes superelastic strands. Furthermore, using a consistent material configuration for both the strands and the core would eliminate problems associated with elongation of the core relative to the surrounding strands leading to permanent damage to the basket. Finally, a cable made entirely of wires of the same precursor alloy material facilitates the manufacturing process.
Reference will now be made in detail to the present exemplary embodiments of the invention, examples of which are illustrated in Figures 2 and 3. Wherever possible, the same reference numbers will be used throughout the drawings to refer to the same or like parts.
In accordance with embodiments of the present invention, an endoscopic retrieval device 5 is formed from a stranded cable having the basic configuration shown in either Figure 2a or Figure 2b. Figure 2a shows a cross-section of cable of a first embodiment of the device 5. A cable 1 includes a core monofilament wire 2 made of precursor alloy. Surrounding core wire 2 are strands 3 of stainless steel wire. Due to the presence of the precursor alloy core wire 2, device 5 suffers from less deformation problems than does a conventional device of this type that includes a superelastic core. This is because, as previously discussed, precursor alloys exhibit less elongation than do superelastic materials and therefore differences in the elongation between surrounding strands 3 and core wire 2 will be minimized.
Figure 2b shows a more preferred embodiment of a stranded cable for use in the endoscopic retrieval device 5. In this embodiment, a cable 1 ' includes a core wire 2' made of a precursor alloy, as in Figure 2a. However, surrounding strands 3' in this embodiment also are formed of precursor alloy, either of identical or different precursor alloy material as core wire 2'. As discussed previously, this embodiment is preferred because the cables made entirely of precursor alloy wires (core and strands) will not unwind and are capable of transferring greater stress to objects without deforming. Additionally, cables made of entirely of the same precursor alloy alleviate deformation problems associated with different rates of elongation between the core and strands. When selecting wires of different precursor alloys, it is preferable to impart consistent mechanical properties to the cable. A person having ordinary skill in the art would realize that such consistency can be achieved by varying such factors as, for example, the nature of the alloys of the surrounding strands and core wire, relative dimensions of the core wire and the surrounding strands, the winding pattern of the strands around the core wire, and the post processing of the cable.
Figures 2a and 2b show six surrounding wire strands 3 and 3', respectively. Preferably, there are at least five surrounding wire strands 3 or 3'. However, it is contemplated that the number of surrounding strands can be varied in accordance with the particular use for the device or the desired characteristics of the cable.
In both Figures 2a and 2b, the precursor alloy is in a martensitic phase at room temperature to body temperature. The precursor alloy can be a precursor Nitinol or other material exhibiting like properties and known to those having ordinary skill in the art. Such other precursor alloys that may be used include, for example, Silver-Cadmium, Gold-Cadmium, Gold-Copper- Zinc, Copper-Zinc, Copper-Zinc-Aluminum, Copper-Zinc-Tin, Copper-Zinc- Xenon, Iron-Beryllium, Iron-Platinum, Indium-Thallium, Iron-Manganese, Nickel-Titanium-Vanadium, Iron-Nickel-Titanium-Cobalt, and Copper-Tin.
In one preferred form of the invention, the overall diameter of the cable is approximately 0.017 inches. The materials used for the precursor alloy, the number of strands forming the cable, and the overall diameter of the cable can be modified according to the particular use or desired characteristics of the device. The selection of these parameters would be obvious to one having ordinary skill in the art.
Figure 3 shows the overall construction of endoscopic retrieval device 5. Typically, four cables 1 or 1' form basket 6. However, any number of cables can be used and would be obvious to one having ordinary skill in the art depending on the use or desired characteristics of the basket. A bullet- shaped nosepiece 7 can be attached to a distal end of device 5 to improve guidance of device 5 during use, as well as to secure cables 1 or 1 ' to each other. A coupling tube 8, attached to a proximal end of basket 6, also facilitates manipulation of device 5 during the retrieval process. Coupling tube 8 also could take the form of a cannula, in which case basket 6 would retract into the cannula prior to retrieval.
Laser welding represents one preferred mode of attachment of bullet- shaped nosepiece 7 and coupling tube 8 to basket 6. However, other suitable attachment methods known to those skilled in the art are within the scope of the present invention. Device 5 is used to traverse narrow passages to retrieve, crush, and remove foreign objects within the body. Device 5 can be deployed from a cannula or traverse independently through the body, collapsing and deploying as necessary. Device 5 also may be used repeatedly to retrieve, crush, and remove foreign objects.
The manufacture of device 5 first involves forming cables 1 , 1 '. To form these cables, a precursor alloy wire is supplied as the core wire and surrounding strands of wire are placed approximately evenly-spaced around the perimeter of the core wire. Surrounding strands wrap around the core in an essentially helical fashion along its length. The strands can be wrapped clockwise, counterclockwise, or any combination thereof, depending on the desired properties of the cable. A preferred embodiment has strands wrapping clockwise around the core wire, similar to threads of a right-hand screw. The cable can then be rotary swaged, which helps to straighten it and increase its column strength. As discussed with reference to Figures 2a and 2b, the surrounding strands can be made of stainless steel, or other like, suitable material, or most preferably precursor alloy.
Several cables, preferably approximately four cables 1 or 1', are then bent past the yield point of either the precursor alloy or stainless steel to form basket 6. After forming basket 6, cables 1 or 1' are joined together at one end, through welding or other suitable joining method known to those skilled in the art. Laser welding cables 1 or 1' to coupling tube 8 or, if desired, to the retractable portion of a retaining cannula, represents another method to connect and secure the cables to each other. As discussed with reference to Figure 3, a nosepiece can be laser welded, or otherwise attached in any suitable manner, to the end of basket 6 to guide device 5 through the body. It is important that during welding or other connecting operations involving heat, that temperature is controlled to prevent heat treating the cable such that the precursor alloys are converted to superelastic materials.
The stranded cable configuration used in the retrieval device according to the present invention provides the durability necessary to perform lithotripsy and dilation and be repeatedly employed for retrieval processes. Incorporating precursor alloy wire into the cable as opposed to a superelastic material such as Nitinol enables the device to be manufactured without heat treatment processes. Additionally, because precursor alloys do not exhibit the extreme elongation characteristic of superelastic materials, problems of permanent deformation are alleviated when surrounding stainless steel wire strands are used to form the cable. Using precursor alloys also allows for the manufacture of a cable comprised entirely of precursor alloy wire, including the surrounding strands and the core. Whether identical precursor alloy is used for both, or the precursor alloy used for the strands differs from that used for the core, the device will be capable of transferring greater stress to objects without deformation and will not unwind. Additionally, using the same precursor alloy for both the strands and the core facilitates overall manufacture of the device and provides a device of consistent characteristics that will not deform due to disparate elongation properties within the cables.
Although the use of a basket type retrieval device has been discussed and shown in the Figures, it is contemplated that the device can be of the snare type. A snare made of the precursor alloys discussed above would retain its shape better than conventional stainless steel snare devices. Furthermore, although most of the above discussion pertains to using the inventive device to remove gallstones, it should be appreciated that the devices can be used for removing a variety of other foreign objects having various locations within the body.
It will be apparent to those skilled in the art from consideration of the specification and practice of the invention disclosed herein that various modifications and variations can be made in the endoscopic retrieval device formed of precursor alloy cable of the present invention. Therefore, the invention in its broader aspects is not limited to the specific details and illustrative examples shown and described in the specification. It is intended that departures may be made from such details without departing from the true spirit or scope of the general inventive concept as defined by the following claims and their equivalents.

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WHAT IS CLAIMED IS:
1. A medical retrieval device for retrieving foreign objects from a patient's body, comprising: a retrieval assembly including a cable preformed into a configuration adapted to capture and remove said foreign objects, wherein said cable includes a core wire made of a precursor alloy to a superelastic material and a plurality of wire strands surrounding the core wire.
2. The device of claim 1 , wherein said precursor alloy exhibits a stress-strain curve that is linear extending to a yield point.
3. The device of claim 2, wherein said stress-strain curve has no phase transformation point.
4. The device of claim 2, wherein said stress-strain curve extends to a yield point without passing through a substantially constant stress plateau while strain is varied.
5. The device of claim 1 , wherein said retrieval assembly is capable of crushing said foreign objects.
6. The device of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of wire strands includes at least five wire strands.
7. The device of claim 1 , further comprising a nosepiece attached to a distal end of said retrieval assembly.
8. The device of claim 1 , wherein said plurality of wire strands includes strands made of stainless steel.
9. The device of claim 1 , wherein said plurality of wire strands includes strands made of the precursor alloy.
10. The device of claim 9, wherein said superelastic material is Nitinol.
11. The device of claim 1 , further comprising a coupling tube attached to a proximal end of said retrieval assembly.
12. The device of claim 11 , wherein said coupling tube includes a retaining cannula.
13. The device of claim 1 , wherein said cable is preformed by bending said cable beyond a yield point of said precursor alloy.
14. The device of claim 13, wherein said cable is preformed to a basket configuration.
15. A method of manufacturing a medical retrieval device for retrieving foreign objects from a patient's body, comprising the steps of: constructing a cable including a core wire made of a precursor alloy to a superelastic material and a plurality of wire strands surrounding the core wire; and forming a retrieval assembly by preforming said cable into a configuration adapted to capture and remove said foreign objects.
16. The method of claim 15, wherein said precursor alloy exhibits a stress-strain curve that is linear extending to a yield point.
17. The device of claim 15, wherein said stress-strain curve has no phase transformation point.
18. The device of claim 15, wherein said stress-strain curve extends to a yield point without passing through a substantially constant stress plateau while strain is varied.
19. The method of claim 15, wherein the plurality of wire strands includes at least five wire strands.
20. The method of claim 15, further comprising the step of attaching a nosepiece to a distal end of said retrieval assembly.
21. The method of claim 15, wherein said plurality of wire strands are made of stainless steel.
22. The method of claim 15, wherein said plurality of wire strands includes strands made of the precursor alloy.
23. The method of claim 22, wherein said superelastic material is Nitinol.
24. The method of claim 15, further comprising the step of attaching a coupling tube to a proximal end of said retrieval assembly.
25. The method of claim 24, wherein said coupling tube includes a retaining cannula.
26. The method of claim 15, wherein preforming said cable includes bending said cable beyond a yield point of said precursor alloy.
27. The method of claim 26, wherein said cable is preformed to a basket configuration.
28. A medical retrieval device for retrieving foreign objects from a patient's body, comprising: a plurality of cables interconnected to form a retrieval basket, each of said plurality of cables including a core wire and a plurality of wire strands surrounding the core wire, wherein the core wire and the plurality of wire strands each consist of a precursor alloy to a superelastic material so that an elongation of the core wire corresponds with similar elongation of the plurality of wire strands.
29. The device of claim 28, wherein the basket is capable of repeatedly retrieving the foreign objects without permanent deformation.
30. The device of claim 29, wherein the precursor alloy used for each of the core wire and the plurality of wire strands has a plastic yield point.
31. A medical retrieval device for retrieving foreign objects from a patient's body, comprising: a plurality of cables interconnected to form a retrieval basket, each of said plurality of cables including a core wire and a plurality of wire strands surrounding said core wire; wherein the core wire and the plurality of wire strands each consist of a precursor alloy to a superelastic material so that the basket is capable of withstanding a relatively large stress without permanently deforming the basket.
32. The device of claim 31 , wherein the basket is capable of withstanding stress associated with dilating a duct during the retrieval of the foreign objects.
33. The device of claim 31 , wherein the basket is capable of withstanding a stress associated with a retention of said basket in a retaining cannula.
34. The device of claim 31 , wherein the basket is capable of withstanding stress associated with a force required to crush foreign objects.
35. The device of claim 34, wherein the basket is capable of withstanding a force of at least 50 pounds without permanent deformation.
36. The device of claim 35, wherein the basket is capable of repeatedly retrieving the foreign objects without permanent deformation.
37. The device of claim 36, wherein the precursor alloy used for each of the core wire and the surrounding wire strands has a plastic yield point.
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