Patent ID: 8016838
Filing Date: 2011-09-13
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. An endoscopic device for retrieving an object from within a human body, the device comprising: a support assembly comprising a base and an elongated tubular member; a transmitting assembly comprising a handle movable relative to the base, and a link having a first end fixed to the handle and a second end remote from the base, the link extending through at least a portion of the tubular member; a wire defining a loop portion and two leg portions, wherein each leg portion is disposed proximal from the loop portion and a proximal end of each leg portion is secured to the second end of the link by a first connection, and the two leg portions are secured to each other by at least a second connection at a location between the first connection and the loop portion; a net element having a distal portion secured to the loop portion and a proximal tail portion; and a means for securing the proximal tail portion of the net element between the two leg portions at a location proximal from the second connection; wherein the loop portion is movable between an expanded position outside the tubular member and a collapsed position within the tubular member by action of the handle relative to the base.