Patent ID: 8591521
Filing Date: 2013-11-26
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. An endoscopic device for retrieving an object from within a human body, the device comprising: a support assembly comprising a base and an elongated tubular member; a transmitting assembly comprising a handle movable relative to the base, and a link having a first end fixed to the handle and a second end remote from the base, the link extending through at least a portion of the tubular member; a wire defining a loop portion and two leg portions, wherein each leg portion is disposed proximal from the loop portion and is secured to the second end of the link by a first connection, and the two leg portions are secured to each other by a second connection; and a net element having a distally protruding portion secured to the loop portion and a proximal tail portion secured between the two leg portions at a location proximal from the second connection.