Patent ID: 7762959
Filing Date: 2010-07-27
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A tissue removal device, comprising: a tubular body having a distal end, a proximal end and defining a lumen at least partially therethrough, the tubular body including discrete first and second portions, wherein the first and second portions of the tubular body are configured and dimensioned for releasable connection, wherein one of the first and second portions of the tubular body includes graspers configured and dimensioned to engage tissue; a bag support structure configured and dimensioned to be receivable within a lumen of one of the first portion and the second portion of the tubular body, wherein the bag support structure has a first configuration for positioning within the lumen of the tubular body and a second configuration for opening a bag operatively coupled thereto; a control portion at least partially positioned proximally of the bag support structure; and a bag operatively coupled to the bag support structure, the bag including a first end portion defining an open end, a mid-portion, and a second end portion opposite the first end portion; the bag support structure including a first member disposed between the first end portion and the second end portion and a second member spaced laterally from the first member, wherein the first member is translatably disposed in a lumen of the first portion of the tubular body and the second member is translatably disposed in a lumen of the second portion of the tubular body, the first member and the second member being operatively connected to the control portion such that the first member is actively controlled independently of the second member via the control portion for at least partially closing the bag.