Patent ID: 7753918

Claim:
A medical grasping device comprising: an elongate control member having a distal tip and a proximal end portion, said elongate control member further including a grasping member proximal said distal tip, an outer sheath with a passageway therethrough surrounding said elongate control member and relatively movable with respect thereto; and a control assembly disposed at a proximal end of said outer sheath and said proximal end portion of said elongate control member and in operative relation thereto for urging said grasping member from a distal end of said outer sheath and retraction thereinto, said grasping member comprising a plurality of pre-formed wire loops which self-deploy transversely upon emerging from said distal end of said outer sheath, respective ends of each wire loop being fastened to substantially opposite sides of the elongate control member whereby each of said wire loops is substantially semi-circular upon full deployment and the respective ends of each wire loop extend substantially in opposite directions from the elongate control member.