Patent ID: 8827968
Filing Date: 2014-09-09
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A stand alone tissue retrieval bag for direct insertion in a patient's body through a trocar, said bag comprising: a) a region of the bag comprising an opening; b) a pleated fold intersecting said opening; c) a hem circumferentially formed around said opening, said hem forming insertion points adapted to receive a draw string; d) a material possessing shape-preserving memory so that the bag opening assumes a pre-determined configuration after the bag is introduced unfolded in a patient's body; e) a first grabbing tool engagement region along a heat-welded portion of the bag extending along a longitudinal side of the bag forming a pleat wherein said pleat is used to deploy the bag and upon deployment said shape-preserving memory sections facilitate full access to the interior of the bag; f) the opening is on a first end of the bag, and a second grabbing tool engagement region is located on the second end of the bag; and g) a performed pocket is configured on an outside portion of the bag on the second end of the bag, and the pocket comprises a longitudinally extending region, with a portion of that longitudinally extending region reinforced so as to receive a blunt probe.