Patent ID: 11871957
Assignee: UNITED STATES ENDOSCOPY GROUP, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. An endoscopic device for retrieving an object from within a human body, the device comprising:
a transmitting assembly comprising: a handle; and a link having a first end attached to the handle and a second end;
a wire defining a loop portion and a leg portion, wherein the leg portion is disposed proximal from the loop portion and a proximal end of the leg portion is secured to the second end of the link; and
a net element having a loop section secured to the loop portion and a tail section secured directly around the link, wherein the loop portion is movable between an expanded position and a collapsed position by action of the handle relative to the base, wherein a widest portion of the loop portion is more proximal to a proximal end of the loop portion than a mid-point of the length of the loop portion; and wherein the loop portion has a helical shape that passes through a face of the net element, loops over an edge of the net element, and passes back through the face of the net element.