Patent ID: 6585734
Filing Date: 2003-07-01
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
A device for selectively capturing, cutting and retrieving tissue, comprising:A) a handle having an elongated, flexible tube extending therefrom along a central axis to a distal end; B) a first set of elongated, flexible wires slidingly positioned within the tube and extending along the central axis from the handle to distal ends for extending out of the distal end of the tube; C) a control tip secured to the distal ends of the first set of wires, the control tip having a slot; D) a second set of elongated, flexible wires slidingly positioned within the tube and extending along the central axis from the handle, through the slot in the control tip, to distal ends, the second set of wires coupled at the distal ends; and E) a retaining pin secured to the control tip and extending through the slot of the control tip and between at least two of the second set of wires, the retaining pin allowing the distal ends of the second set of wires to be extended through the control tip, and preventing the coupled distal ends of the second set of wires from being withdrawn from the slot of the control tip and into the tube, the retaining pin extending the distal ends of the second set of wires from the distal end of the tube upon the distal ends of the first set of wires being extended from the distal end of the tube.