FOREIGN BODY LOCATION AND RETRIEVAL DEVICE

Patent №

US 8,768,435

Granted

2014-07-01

Filed 2012

Owner

ST. LOUIS UNIVERSITY

Lab

AI components

2

vision · evo

Assignment

Recorded

Dataset

AIPD

2023_r1 edition

Application

13605086

Devices having the capability to both locate and retrieve objects are disclosed. More particularly, the present disclosure relates to devices having a probe comprising an ultrasound detector for locating and a grasper for retrieving objects from a medium. The present disclosure further relates to devices having a probe comprising an electromagnetic detector for locating and a grasper for retrieving metallic objects from a medium. Devices of the present disclosure are specifically adapted for use as medical devices for locating and retrieving a foreign body in a subject in need.

VisionEvolutionary computationA61B 17/2804A61B 5/062A61B 8/0833A61B 17/50A61M 3/02B66C 1/42A61B 10/06A61B 17/29+3 more

AI classification

Evolutionary computation0.98
Vision0.58
Natural language0.00
Speech0.00
Planning0.00
Machine learning0.00
AI hardware0.00
Knowledge representation0.00

Ownership

ST. LOUIS UNIVERSITY

assignment · 293010977

Assignors

ANDRUS, CHARLES HIRAM, ANDRUS, PATRICK CHRISTOPHER, FOSTER, VIRGINIA E., PEDDADA, KRISHI

On an employer assignment, the assignors are typically the inventors.

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