Patent ID: 6193730
Filing Date: 2001-02-27
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
A surgical extractor comprising:a first portion hereinafter called <body>, said body being thin, rigid and rectilinear and having a longitudinal axis, a first end from which an handle integrally projects perpendicularly to the longitudinal axis, and a second end opposite to the first end;a second portion hereinafter called ""gripper"", said gripper consisting of at least one flexible rod having a first end connected in a foldable manner to the second end of the body with respect to a transverse axis, said at least one rod also having a second opposite end;a third portion hereinafter called <pusher>, said pusher being rigid and rectilinear and having a first end that is thin and connected to the second end of said at least one rod and a second opposite end provided with a pushing button; andretaining means for retaining in a slidable manner the second end of the pusher onto the first end of the body, once said at least one rod of the gripper has been folded about the transverse axis in order to be positioned together with the pusher flat onto the body;whereby, when a person pushes on the button while he/she holds the handle, he/she forces said at least one rod to bend and move away from the body and thus to make it possible for said at least one rod to catch in a radial direction an organ to be extracted from the body of a patient and to grip said organ in order to remove it from the body of the patient.