Patent ID: 7241299
Filing Date: 2007-07-10
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A surgical extractor for extracting foreign bodies through natural or surgical passages comprising: a flexible tube which is able to penetrate inside said passages as far as such a body to be extracted; a longitudinally rigid maneuvering wire which is able to slide in said flexible tube and can be maneuvered slidably, from the outside, via its proximal end; and a plurality of wire loops arranged at the distal end of said maneuvering wire and capable of adopting, under the action of the latter: said wire loops intersecting at their distal ends and being joined to one another there, wherein, at the place of the distal intersection of said wire loops, said surgical extractor comprises a tongue formed in the wire of one of said wire loops and configured in a passage through which each other wire loop can pass with play and slide to a limited extent while maintaining at least approximately its squareness with respect to said wire loop having said tongue.