Patent ID: 6152932
Filing Date: 2000-11-28
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
A device for use in endoscopic surgical operations to enclose fix and extract a specimen from a cavity within a body, such as an organ or tissue, said device having a central longitudinal axis comprising:a hollow shank part having a proximate end and a distal end and an entrapment, forming a basket part mounted on one end of said shank part, wherein the entrapment part is provided with at least one expandable opening for insertion of the specimen, said opening expandable between an open condition and an at least partly closed condition, said closed condition for insertion and extraction of the device from said cavity, said open condition for receivable insertion of the specimen into the entrapment part, the entrapment part comprising a plurality of elongate flexible elements for dividing the specimen along a direction of the flexible elements, each of said flexible elements having a face and a sharp cutting edge formed on said face, said cutting edge facing said axis of the central longitudinal axis.