A snare for use with an implantable medical apparatus, comprising: an elongated shaft having a shaft proximal end, a shaft distal end, and a shaft passageway extending therethrough; a tip portion having a tip proximal end, a tip distal end, and a tip passageway extending therethrough, said tip passageway aligned with said shaft passageway and sized such that said implantable apparatus is receivable therein, a length of said tip portion capable of flexure, said tip portion proximal end engaged with said shaft distal end, said tip portion including an extendable member configured for engagement with said implantable apparatus, said extendable member selectively receivable in said tip passageway, deployable in a distal direction from said tip passageway, and rotatable relative to said tip passageway; a handle configured for engagement with said shaft proximal end, said handle including an activator; a wire member having a proximal end and a distal end, said proximal end engaged with said handle activator and said distal end engaged with said tip length capable of flexure, said wire member movable for flexure of said tip length upon a movement of said activator; and an elongated mechanism having a proximal portion engaged with said handle and a distal portion engaged with said tip extendable member, said elongated mechanism configured for selectively controlling said receiving, deploying, and rotating of said extendable member; wherein said proximal portion of said elongated mechanism comprises an elongated pusher member, and said distal portion of said elongated mechanism comprises a coil and said tip portion comprises a proximal portion and a distal portion, said snare being characterized in that said proximal portion of said tip portion comprises said tip portion length capable of flexure, said distal portion of said tip portion comprises a tip having a greater rigidity than said proximal portion of said tip portion, and wherein said tip extendable member is received in said distal portion of said tip portion. an elongated shaft having a shaft proximal end, a shaft distal end, and a shaft passageway extending therethrough; a tip portion having a tip proximal end, a tip distal end, and a tip passageway extending therethrough, said tip passageway aligned with said shaft passageway and sized such that said implantable apparatus is receivable therein, a length of said tip portion capable of flexure, said tip portion proximal end engaged with said shaft distal end, said tip portion including an extendable member configured for engagement with said implantable apparatus, said extendable member selectively receivable in said tip passageway, deployable in a distal direction from said tip passageway, and rotatable relative to said tip passageway; a handle configured for engagement with said shaft proximal end, said handle including an activator; a wire member having a proximal end and a distal end, said proximal end engaged with said handle activator and said distal end engaged with said tip length capable of flexure, said wire member movable for flexure of said tip length upon a movement of said activator; and an elongated mechanism having a proximal portion engaged with said handle and a distal portion engaged with said tip extendable member, said elongated mechanism configured for selectively controlling said receiving, deploying, and rotating of said extendable member; wherein said proximal portion of said elongated mechanism comprises an elongated pusher member, and said distal portion of said elongated mechanism comprises a coil and said tip portion comprises a proximal portion and a distal portion, said snare being characterized in that said proximal portion of said tip portion comprises said tip portion length capable of flexure, said distal portion of said tip portion comprises a tip having a greater rigidity than said proximal portion of said tip portion, and wherein said tip extendable member is received in said distal portion of said tip portion.