Patent ID: 9033995
Filing Date: 2015-05-19
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A tissue retrieval system comprising: an elongate introducer having a hollow lumen formed therein; a tissue retrieval bag having an open end, a closed end opposite the open end, and an opening at the open end, the opening having a proximal end and a distal end, and defining a longitudinal axis of the tissue retrieval bag extending between the proximal end and the distal end of the opening; and an actuator extending at least partially into the hollow lumen of the introducer; wherein the tissue retrieval bag is actuatable by the actuator from a stowed position in which the tissue retrieval bag is positioned within the hollow lumen of the introducer to an open position in which the tissue retrieval bag is substantially outside the introducer; and wherein in the open position, the tissue retrieval bag has an elongate profile defined by the tissue retrieval bag extending generally longitudinally from the open end to the closed end and the closed end of the tissue retrieval bag being positioned distally of the distal end of the opening with respect to the longitudinal axis of the tissue retrieval bag, and wherein the general longitudinal extension of the tissue retrieval bag from the open end to the closed end diverges from the distal end of the opening at an angle transverse to the longitudinal axis of the tissue retrieval bag.