A surgical retrieval apparatus comprising: a plurality of radially oriented shaped members (14, 15) extending substantially equidistantly spaced around an axis from a first end to a respective second end and maintained in a fixed engagement around the axis by means; where said plurality of radially oriented shaped members (14, 15) are wires formed of shape-memory material; and wherein the spaced radial position and the shape of the shaped members (14, 15) in said fixed engagement define a catch basket having a basket shape with a plurality of gaps formed in between said plurality of radially oriented shaped members (14, 15); said first end and said second end of said plurality of radially oriented shaped members constituting, respectively, a first end and a second end of said catch basket; further wherein said first end of the catch basket is engaged to the distal end of a control wire tranlateably engaged within a conduit running through a catheter allowing repeatedly deployed and collapsed position of the basket; the second end of the control wire running to a surgeon-manipulatable actuator; further wherein a mouth to said catch basket is defined by an aperture formed by a first pair of said radially oriented shaped members (14, 15) in said engagement to the center axis and positioned opposite each other in the same plane at 180 degrees, thus forming a planar mouth having a mouth shape and a mouth area; further wherein said catch basket is suitable for capturing a target component through said mouth and further wherein said apparatus further comprises a cauterizing snare engaged at said second end of said catch basket, said snare formed by two opposing shaped side members defining a snare aperture therebetween and a snare aperture shape; said snare side members positioned to occupy said plane; said snare projecting away from said first end of said catch basket in a projecting position. a plurality of radially oriented shaped members (14, 15) extending substantially equidistantly spaced around an axis from a first end to a respective second end and maintained in a fixed engagement around the axis by means; where said plurality of radially oriented shaped members (14, 15) are wires formed of shape-memory material; and wherein the spaced radial position and the shape of the shaped members (14, 15) in said fixed engagement define a catch basket having a basket shape with a plurality of gaps formed in between said plurality of radially oriented shaped members (14, 15); said first end and said second end of said plurality of radially oriented shaped members constituting, respectively, a first end and a second end of said catch basket; further wherein said first end of the catch basket is engaged to the distal end of a control wire tranlateably engaged within a conduit running through a catheter allowing repeatedly deployed and collapsed position of the basket; the second end of the control wire running to a surgeon-manipulatable actuator; further wherein a mouth to said catch basket is defined by an aperture formed by a first pair of said radially oriented shaped members (14, 15) in said engagement to the center axis and positioned opposite each other in the same plane at 180 degrees, thus forming a planar mouth having a mouth shape and a mouth area; further wherein said catch basket is suitable for capturing a target component through said mouth and further wherein said apparatus further comprises a cauterizing snare engaged at said second end of said catch basket, said snare formed by two opposing shaped side members defining a snare aperture therebetween and a snare aperture shape; said snare side members positioned to occupy said plane; said snare projecting away from said first end of said catch basket in a projecting position.